Manual of Modern Geography and History (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: ... German provinces, and the union of Schleswig with Holstein. The Prussian and other German troops haying driven back the Danish troops into Jutland, Denmark made reprisals by blockading the ports of northern Germany. An armistice for seven months was at last arranged, and a provisional government (established with the consent of the King of Denmark on the one part, and the German central administration on the other), undertook the administration of the two duchies (1848) until a definite peace could be' concluded. 72. The American States. (420.) 1. The United States of America have increased from the original thirteen to thirty, besides which there are several territories and one federal district (District of Columbia). They extend from the British possessions on the line of the great lakes on the north to the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico on the south, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific on the east and west, thus ranging through 26 of latitude and 58 of longitude. The frontier line has an extent of almost 10,000 miles, and a line drawn from N. E. to S. W., would measure 2,800 miles. (421.) The names of the States are as follows: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, . New-york, . New-jersey, . Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, . Virginia, . North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, . Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Eastern, or New England States. Middle States. Southern States. Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee. Indian, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Iowa, . Western States. (422.) The territories are, Minnesota, Missouri, Indian, Oregon, together with New Mexico and Upper California. (423.) The United States have been increased (since 1783) partly by voluntary annexation and partly by purchase (L...