Ontario Public School Geography
Unknown
65 chapters · 12 h 59 min · English
Read by David Lawrence, MaryAnn, Bryce Allen, Larry Wilson, Sarah Alaine Swart, Greg Giordano and others
Reference · General
Play ☆ Favorite
This Ontario Public School textbook, published in 1922, contains some fascinating facts of a world which no longer exists. It seems politically incorrect in some of its descriptions by modern day standards. (Summary by David Lawrence)
Chapters
1 Preface 3 min 2 An Aeroplane Journey over Canada 12 min 3 Hunting and Fishing 21 min 4 Lumbering and Mining 10 min 5 Food from the Soil 16 min 6 Raw Materials, Manufacture, Transportation, Trade 6 min 7 Land Forms 10 min 8 The Earth as a Whole 13 min 9 How the Sun Lights and Heats the Earth 16 min 10 Atmosphere, Winds and Rain 12 min 11 The Ocean 25 min 12 Climate and Life 11 min 13 North America, The Continent as a Whole 25 min 14 The Dominion of Canada 32 min 15 The Province of Ontario 32 min 16 The Province of Quebec 15 min 17 The Province of New Brunswick 9 min 18 The Province of Nova Scotia 8 min 19 The Province of Prince Edward Island 4 min 20 The Prairie Provinces 24 min 21 The Province of British Columbia 16 min 22 The Yukon and Northwest Territories 7 min 23 Newfoundland and Greenland 9 min 24 The United States of America, part 1 19 min 25 The United States of America, part 2 24 min 26 Mexico 7 min 27 Central America 5 min 28 The West Indies and Bermuda 10 min 29 South America, The Continent as a Whole 22 min 30 Brazil 5 min 31 Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay 7 min 32 Chile and Peru 6 min 33 Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia 5 min 34 Venezuela, The Guianas and The Islands of South America 5 min 35 Europe, The Continent as a Whole 15 min 36 The British Isles, England and Wales 21 min 37 Scotland and Ireland 11 min 38 Norway, Sweden 9 min 39 Denmark and Iceland 5 min 40 The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg 10 min 41 France 11 min 42 Switzerland and Germany 13 min 43 Austria, Hungary, Czecho-Slovakia 10 min 44 Poland, the Baltic States and Russia 14 min 45 Rumania, Spain and Portugal 9 min 46 Gibraltar and Malta, Italy, Vatican City and Marino 13 min 47 Yugo-Slavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and European Turkey 12 min 48 Asia, The Continent as a Whole 19 min 49 The Soviet Republics 7 min 50 Turkey, Syria, Cyprus and Palestine 7 min 51 Iraq, Arabia, Aden and Perim, Persia and Afghanistan 7 min 52 India and Ceylon 12 min 53 China 10 min 54 Japan 8 min 55 Indo-China and the East Indies 10 min 56 Africa, The Continent as a Whole 12 min 57 Morocco, Algeria and Tunis, Libia, Egypt and The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 8 min 58 Abyssinia, Eritrea, Somaliland, Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika and Mosambique 4 min 59 Angola, The Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa, West Africa and Nigeria 4 min 60 British South Africa, Nyasaland and Rhodesia 7 min 61 South-West Africa, Bechuanaland, The Union of South Africa and The Islands of Africa 8 min 62 Australia and the Islands of the Pacific 13 min 63 The States of Australia 6 min 64 New Zealand, New Guinea, The Smaller Islands and The Hawaiian Islands 11 min 65 The British Empire 17 min
