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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 should be
commenced. Embodied with the questions on the maps will be occasionally
found questions in _italic_, referring to the elements. These are
intended as a review, and the pupils should be made to understand, that
through the whole of the maps, the instructer will require a similar
review of the Geography. This course cannot fail to be interesting and
advantageous.

The elements of Astronomy are annexed to the work; and it is left
to the discretion of the instructer to determine the proper time to
introduce this pleasing study to his pupils.

BOSTON, AUGUST, 1830.


ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SIXTH (STEREOTYPE) EDITION.

The universal approbation and liberal patronage bestowed upon the
former editions of the Boston School Atlas, have induced the publishers
to make in this edition numerous improvements. The maps have all
been re-engraved on steel, and in pursuance of hints from several
instructers, a concise compendium of descriptive Geography has been
added, while at the same time the text of the preceding edition has
not been so altered as to cause confusion in the use of the two
editions in the same class. Many engravings calculated to instruct,
rather than merely to amuse, have been interspersed, to render the
book more attractive and useful to pupils. The work, in addition to
being stereotyped, has been kept as much as possible free from subjects
liable to changes, in order that it may be a _permanent Geography_,
which may hereafter be used without the inconvenience of variations in
different reprints.

THE INDUCTIVE SYSTEM has deservedly become the most popular method
of imparting instruction to the youthful mind, and may be used with
as much advantage in the study of Geography as of any other science.
To compile treatises of Geography on this plan, with the necessary
arrangement of the maps adapted to every place, would multiply them
indefinitely. The Inductive System, however, can be used with advantage
in the study of this book by pursuing the following course. Let the
Instructer describe to the pupils the town in which they reside, and
require them to become familiar with its boundaries, rivers, ponds,
hills, &c. After this is accomplished, the map of the State should be
laid before them, and the situation of the town should be pointed out,
and they should be told what a State is, and what towns are nearest
them, &c. This plan can be carried to any extent the instructer may
think necessary to enable his pupils to acquire a correct knowledge of
their own State; and, if necessary, he should write for them additional
questions of a local nature, beside those contained in the work. If the
town be not on the map, it should be inserted with a pen on all the
maps used in the class. After the pupils shall have acquired a correct
idea of their own State, they may be taught respecting the adjoining
States, countries, &c. and the plan may be pursued as successfully as
if they possessed an Atlas with maps arranged in particular reference
to their own place of residence.

BOSTON, JUNE 17, 1833.


Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1832, by LINCOLN AND
EDMANDS, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of
Massachusetts.




                         RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE

                          BOSTON SCHOOL ATLAS.


_From R. G. Parker, Author of “Progressive Exercises in English
Composition,” and other popular works._

I have examined a copy of the Boston School Atlas, and have no
hesitation in recommending it as the best introduction to the study of
Geography that I have seen. The compiler has displayed much judgment
in what he has _omitted_, as well as what he has selected; and has
thereby presented to the public a neat manual of the elements of the
science, unencumbered with useless matter and uninteresting detail. The
mechanical execution of the work is neat and creditable, and I doubt
not that its merits will shortly introduce it to general use.

                                        Respectfully yours,
                                                     R. G. PARKER.

_From E. Bailey, Principal of the Young Ladies’ High School, Boston._

I was so well pleased with the plan and execution of the Boston School
Atlas, that I introduced it into my school, soon after the first
edition was published. I regard it as the best work for beginners in
the study of Geography which has yet fallen under my observation; as
such I would recommend it to the notice of parents and teachers.

                                        Very respectfully,
                                                     E. BAILEY.

_From the Preceptors of Leicester Academy._

Among the great variety of school-books which have recently been
published, few are in our opinion more valuable than the Boston School
Atlas. As an introduction to the study of Geography, it is preferable
to any work of the kind with which we are acquainted.

                                                    JOHN RICHARDSON,
                                                    ALBERT SPOONER.

_From the Principal of New Ipswich (N. H.) Academy._

I have with much pleasure examined the copy of the Boston School Atlas,
which you politely sent to me. I think it admirably well calculated
to excite in the young mind a love of the study of Geography, and to
convey correct ideas of the rudiments of that science. I shall be happy
to recommend it wherever I have opportunity. It is, in my opinion, the
very thing that is needed in our primary schools.

                                        Respectfully yours,
                                                     ROBERT A. COFFIN.

_From Mr. Emerson, formerly a Teacher in Boston._

I have examined the Boston School Atlas, and I assure you, I am highly
