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Download or read book A New and Complete System of Universal Geography, Vol. 4 of 4 written by John Payne and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A New and Complete System of Universal Geography, Vol. 4 of 4: Describing Asia, Africa, Europe and America; With Their Subdivisions of Republics, States, Empires, and Kingdoms; Extent, Boundaries, and Remarkable Appearances of Each Country, Cities, Towns, and Curiosities of Nature and Art This vall continent'is di\ ided almofl in two by an illhmus about fteen hundred miles in length, and iii one place To narrow as to be only about fixty miles over; but bein mountaneous, igwould be impoliible, perhaps, to open a communication 1 ere between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. Ailthe continent to, the north of this illbmtts, together, with the illt itfelf, is, flyled North America ahd 'a'll to'the fouth' ofit, including that ev'm on this fidh the equator, is flyled south America. This narrow neclt is called the maul-trot Da-rien.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.