KEY TO PELTON'S HEMISPHERES, DESIGNED AS AN Introduction to the Key to his Complete Series of Outline Maps, WHICH CONTAINS ALL THE IMPORTANT GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES IN THE KNOWN WORLD, COMPRISING ITS CONTINENTS, ISLANDS, PENINSULAS, ISTHMUSES, CAPES, MOUNTAINS, ETC., Arranged in Verse for Musical Recitations. TO WHICH IS ADDED A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THE WORLD, CONFINED TO THE MOST INTERESTING AND CHARACTERISTIC MATTER. BY C. PELTON, A. M. "The Universe is a thought of God." "Our Earth is a star among the stars; and should not we, who are on it, prepare our- PHILADELPHIA: PUBLISHED BY SOWER & BARNES, No. 84 NORTH THIRD STREET. KF 8358 HARVARD PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. THE Publishers will be pleased to receive orders by mail from Booksellers, School Committees, Trustees, and Agents, for Pelton's Outline Maps and Keys, and assure them that they will be faithfully executed, and at as low prices as if given personally. Those who have purchased the Hemispheres can at any time obtain the remaining Maps of the Second Series. Teachers, even in the most distant parts of the United States, can obtain Pelton's Series of Outline Maps, by enclosing Twenty-five Dollars, in the presence of a Post-master, and forwarding it by mail, at the risk of the Publishers. Maps or Keys securely packed, and forwarded with care and despatch to any part of the United States. Address, SOWER AND BARNES, Booksellers and Publishers, No. 84 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa./ Teachers and Agents supplied, at the lowest price, with "Baldwin's Universal Pronouncing Gazetteer." Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States in and for the ADVERTISEMENT TO THE AUTHOR'S OUTLINE MAPS AND KEYS. Ir is now conceded by Educators of the greatest experience, both in this country and Europe, that the method of teaching Geography from large and boldly delineated Maps without names, is superior to all others in respect to facility of acquirement durability of impression-and discipline of mind. The rationale of this method of instruction is-teaching by the eye-based on that law of intellect “that the objects of sight more readily become the subjects of conception and memory than those of the other senses; and the more distinctly they are seen, the more lively is the conception, and more lasting the impression on the mind." To afford the American youth, therefore, the best facilities for acquiring a knowledge of Geography, the author has constructed, from the most reliable authorities, the two following Series of Standard Outline Maps, adapted in all particulars to the wants of the Primary, Grammar, and High Schools of the United States. These Maps, together with the Key, which accompanies each Series, and enables the learner to name and locate the Political Divisions, Islands, Mountains, Seas, Gulfs, Bays, Straits, Lakes, Rivers, &c., represented thereon, comprise a succinct and comprehensive system of Physical, Political, and Descriptive Geography-and their superiority over every other Series of Outline Maps, as regards construction, execution, size, number, cheapness, and adaptedness to interest the learner and impress upon the mind a clear and vivid outline of the Physical Features and Political Divisions of the Earth, is worthy of the especial notice of the friends of Education. FIRST SERIES. The First Series embraces the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. These splendid and highly finished Maps are nearly quadruple the size of any heretofore published. They exhibit the Physical Features of the Earth, and also give an accurate view of its Political Divisions, showing the relative size of each, with their natural and conventional boundaries. In fine, they show, at one view, the World as it now is—and are, therefore, especially adapted to beginners, who obtain, at the outset, a clear and correct conception of the relative size of every Physical and Political division, effectually preventing the erroneous impressions so often conveyed by Maps isolated and on several different scales. By an ingenious application of colors, signs, and diagrams, they present the 'whole subject of PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, including the Geological formation of the world, its Oceanic Currents, Atmospheric changes, Isothermal Lines, Vertical Dimensions, Distribution of Rain, &c., &c., in a manner so simple and beautiful as to be easily taught and comprehended. These Maps constitute the first two of the Second Series, and are designed as introductory to that thorough and practical knowledge of geography which may be obtained therefrom. 1. Map of the Western Hemisphere, 7 feet by 7 feet. SECOND SERIES. The Second Series embraces, in addition to the Western and Eastern Hemispheres, Maps of the Five Grand Divisions of the Earth, with a large and full Map of the United States. This Series, comprising Six large and brilliantly colored Maps, exhibits, in bold and vivid outline, the leading features of nature; and also the Political Divisions of the Earth, with their natural and conventional boundaries, giving a distinct and accurate view of each country on a large scale, sufficiently distinct to be seen and studied from the most distant parts of the |