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                               THE BOSTON
                             SCHOOL ATLAS,
                  EMBRACING A COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY.

                        BY B. FRANKLIN EDMANDS.

                          Table of Contents.

              PREFACE.
              ELEMENTAL GEOGRAPHY.                               3
              EXPLANATION OF MAPS.                               5
              GRAND DIVISIONS OF THE EARTH.                     17
              CIVIL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY.                    17
              STATE OF SOCIETY.                                 18
              NORTH AMERICA.                                    21
              UNITED STATES.                                    25
              MAINE.                                            26
              NEW HAMPSHIRE.... and... VERMONT.                31
              MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, AND RHODE ISLAND.     32
              NEW YORK.                                         37
              PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND, NEW JERSEY, AND DELAWARE. 38
              WESTERN STATES.                                   43
              UNITED STATES.                                    44
              SOUTH AMERICA.                                    57
              EUROPE.                                           61
              BRITISH ISLES.                                    65
              ASIA.                                             69
              AFRICA.                                           73
              GENERAL QUESTIONS.                                74
              WEST INDIA ISLANDS.                               75
              OCEANICA.                                         75
              ELEMENTAL ASTRONOMY.                              76
              TIDES.                                            77
              QUESTIONS IN REVIEW OF THE COMPENDIUM.            78

                             [Illustration]

                     TWELFTH EDITION; STEREOTYPED,

               CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING MAPS AND CHARTS.

                    1. MAP OF THE WORLD.
                    2. CHART... MOUNTAINS.
                    3. CHART... RIVERS.
                    4. NORTH AMERICA.
                    5. UNITED STATES.
                    6. PART OF MAINE.
                    7. VERMONT & N. HAMPSHIRE.
                    8. MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, AND R. ISLAND.
                    9. NEW YORK.
                   10. PENN. MD., N. JER. AND DEL.
                   11. WESTERN STATES.
                   12. CHART... CANALS, RAIL ROADS.
                   13. CHART... POLITICAL AND STATISTICAL.
                   14. SOUTH AMERICA.
                   15. EUROPE.
                   16. BRITISH ISLES.
                   17. ASIA.
                   18. AFRICA.

                _Embellished with Instructive Engravings._

                                BOSTON:
                     PUBLISHED BY ROBERT S. DAVIS,
                 SUCCESSOR TO LINCOLN, EDMANDS, & CO.,
                       No. 77, Washington Street.

                                 1840.




PREFACE.


A careful examination of Maps is a sure and at the same time the most
convenient method of acquiring a knowledge of Geography. With a view
of furnishing to young classes an _economical means_ of commencing a
course of geographical study, this work has been prepared; and it is
believed that a thorough acquaintance with its contents will impart
such general ideas, as will prepare them to enter upon a more _minute
investigation_ of the subject, when they shall have arrived at a proper
age.

The use of this work will also obviate the necessity which has
heretofore existed, of furnishing such classes with larger volumes, the
greater part of which is useless to them, till the book is literally
worn out; and although it is adapted to young students, it will be
found that the Atlas exercises are equally proper for more advanced
pupils.

The study of this work should commence with recitations of short
lessons previously explained by the instructer; and after the pupils
are well versed in the elements, the study of the maps