Ontario Public School Geography
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Length 12 h 59 min
Chapters 64
First published 1922
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 Read by David Lawrence 3:27
2
Hunting and Fishing Read by Bryce Allen 20:50
3
Lumbering and Mining Read by Larry Wilson 10:18
4
Food from the Soil Read by Sarah Alaine Swart 16:10
5
Raw Materials, Manufacture, Transportation, Trade Read by Greg Giordano 6:13
6
Land Forms Read by Garth Burton 10:29
7
The Earth as a Whole Read by Rapunzelina 13:15
8
How the Sun Lights and Heats the Earth Read by Doug Sheppard 15:40
9
Atmosphere, Winds and Rain Read by Doug Sheppard 12:12
10
The Ocean Read by Rapunzelina 25:26
11
Climate and Life Read by Garth Burton 10:58
12
North America, The Continent as a Whole Read by Lynne T 25:05
13
The Dominion of Canada Read by Kimberly Krause 31:38
14
The Province of Ontario Read by Sarah Jennings 32:07
15
The Province of Quebec Read by Sarah Alaine Swart 14:45
16
The Province of New Brunswick Read by Greg Giordano 9:06
17
The Province of Nova Scotia Read by Greg Giordano 8:15
18
The Province of Prince Edward Island Read by Greg Giordano 4:21
19
The Prairie Provinces Read by Doug Sheppard 23:31
20
The Province of British Columbia Read by Sarah Jennings 16:26
21
The Yukon and Northwest Territories Read by Greg Giordano 7:01
22
Newfoundland and Greenland Read by Greg Giordano 9:09
23
The United States of America, part 1 Read by Doug Sheppard 19:15
24
The United States of America, part 2 Read by Doug Sheppard 24:04
25
Mexico Read by Larry Wilson 7:09
26
Central America Read by Larry Wilson 5:12
27
The West Indies and Bermuda Read by Larry Wilson 9:44
28
South America, The Continent as a Whole Read by Lynne T 22:17
29
Brazil Read by Greg Giordano 5:12
30
Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay Read by Greg Giordano 7:24
31
Chile and Peru Read by Larry Wilson 6:29
32
Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia Read by Larry Wilson 5:04
33
Venezuela, The Guianas and The Islands of South America Read by Greg Giordano 4:56
34
Europe, The Continent as a Whole Read by Rapunzelina 14:32
35
The British Isles, England and Wales Read by Steve C 21:07
36
Scotland and Ireland Read by Greg Giordano 10:46
37
Norway, Sweden Read by Anastasiia Solokha 8:53
38
Denmark and Iceland Read by Anastasiia Solokha 5:24
39
The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg Read by Anastasiia Solokha 10:13
40
France Read by Sarah Alaine Swart 11:10
41
Switzerland and Germany Read by Greg Giordano 12:56
42
Austria, Hungary, Czecho-Slovakia Read by Availle 9:32
43
Poland, the Baltic States and Russia Read by Greg Giordano 14:20
44
Rumania, Spain and Portugal Read by Andrea Kotzer 8:56
45
Gibraltar and Malta, Italy, Vatican City and Marino Read by Andrea Kotzer 13:04
46
Yugo-Slavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and European Turkey Read by Andrea Kotzer 11:54
47
Asia, The Continent as a Whole Read by MaryAnn 19:13
48
The Soviet Republics Read by Greg Giordano 7:06
49
Turkey, Syria, Cyprus and Palestine Read by Doug Sheppard 7:02
50
Iraq, Arabia, Aden and Perim, Persia and Afghanistan Read by Doug Sheppard 6:58
51
India and Ceylon Read by MaryAnn 11:41
52
China Read by MaryAnn 9:33
53
Japan Read by Availle 7:32
54
Indo-China and the East Indies Read by MaryAnn 9:49
55
Africa, The Continent as a Whole Read by Rapunzelina 12:25
56
Morocco, Algeria and Tunis, Libia, Egypt and The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Read by Greg Giordano 7:59
57
Abyssinia, Eritrea, Somaliland, Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika and Mosambique Read by Greg Giordano 4:08
58
Angola, The Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa, West Africa and Nigeria Read by Greg Giordano 3:58
59
British South Africa, Nyasaland and Rhodesia Read by Greg Giordano 7:28
60
South-West Africa, Bechuanaland, The Union of South Africa and The Islands of Africa Read by Greg Giordano 8:05
61
Australia and the Islands of the Pacific Read by Doug Sheppard 12:45
62
The States of Australia Read by Doug Sheppard 6:17
63
New Zealand, New Guinea, The Smaller Islands and The Hawaiian Islands Read by Jennifer Dorr 11:24
64
The British Empire Read by Steve C 17:07
From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org) , the text (opens archive.org) , all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org) .
