Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781153884969
Paperback|9781153884969
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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. 1871. Excerpt: ... """""Si11E continent of North America is about three thousand J0 Oljt miles across, from the Atlantic on the east to the Pacific KsjA SStsji "n tne west, anc'; after an interval of more than three nsSj HPI centuries since the discovery and settlement of the KflfiinnliSM country, the civilised races, who are chiefly of English origin, have still left the western half of the continent very sparsely, if at all, occupied. The progress of encroachment in the western wilderness, however, is now exceedingly rapid. Since the deliverance of the New England and other states from British control, the Anglo-Americans have evinced a singularly energetic spirit of migration towards what was, ninety years ago, an almost unknown land. Crossing the Alleghany range of mountains, from the Atlantic or old settled states, they have taken possession of the valley of the Mississippi, a tract as large as all Europe; and after reaching the head-waters of the Missouri and other tributaries of the Mississippi, have crossed the Rocky Mountains--'the Great Backbone of America, ' as they have not inaptly been called--and taken possession of the basin of the Columbia, on the Pacific, a region known at the time of the following narrative as the Oregon; and southward from this have raised up in a few years the flourishing state of California. This extension of the boundaries of civilisation over a country hitherto abandoned to roaming tribes of Indians and herds of wild animals, is one of the most remarkable facts in social history. Since the beginning of the present century, the population of the United No. 138. ' States has increased from four millions to thirty-eight millions; and if the same rate of increase were to continue, by the close of the century the population would be about ...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153884969 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153884968 |
| Weight | 1.31 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.90 In |
| List Price | $30.24 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 406 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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