Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 151 Monteith, James 1831 1890 First Lessons in Geography Or, Introduction to "Youth's Manual of Geography" Reading ease score: 80.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Justin Gillbank and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders from images provided by Internet Archive Children's Library and University of Florida "First Lessons in Geography" by James Monteith is an educational text aimed at young learners, written in the mid-19th century, around the 1850s. This book serves as an introductory geography textbook, designed for beginners to understand the basic concepts of geography without overwhelming details. It systematically covers the Earth's surface, including continents, countries, oceans, and fundamental geographic features. The content is structured into a series of lessons that use a question-and-answer format to explain key geographic concepts. Monteith discusses various aspects such as the definition of geography, the distinction between different types of landforms and bodies of water, and extensive details about continents and their respective countries. The book also integrates maps and simple exercises to facilitate learning, with an emphasis on general features rather than detailed minutiae. It concludes with a section recapping essential rivers, seas, lakes, and mountains, reinforcing the information for young readers and striving to instill a foundational understanding of geography. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Geography -- Textbooks G Text Browsing: Teaching & Education Browsing: Travel & Geography 101212 99941 2024-10-05T11:00:39.239313 2023-10-05T10:25:39.665254 text/html text/html 97761 2020-12-26T02:45:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2420750 2020-12-26T02:45:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2545390 2024-10-05T11:00:49.274277 application/epub+zip 2546225 2024-10-05T11:00:44.029292 application/epub+zip 82913 2024-10-05T11:00:41.349284 application/epub+zip 2891918 2024-10-05T11:00:52.003249 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2881884 2024-10-05T11:00:47.068254 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 180362 2022-09-06T04:42:22.028510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 60099 59949 2024-10-05T11:00:38.220316 2023-10-05T10:25:38.748264 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 61260 2020-12-26T02:45:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19121 2020-12-26T02:45:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19042 2024-10-05T11:00:52.156231 application/rdf+xml 15357 2024-10-05T11:00:41.909300 image/jpeg 4190 2024-10-05T11:00:41.626302 image/jpeg 2502624 2024-10-05T11:00:39.356359 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog