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

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.