American Institutions and Their Influence

CHAPTER I.

EXTERIOR FORM OF NORTH AMERICA.

North America divided into two vast regions, one inclining toward the Pole, the other toward the Equator.--Valley of the Mississippi.--Traces of the Revolutions of the Globe.--Shore of the Atlantic Ocean, where the English Colonies were founded.--Difference in the Appearance of North and of South America at the Time of their Discovery...