Louisiana (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Louisiana The state of Louisiana lies between 29° and 33° north latitude, and 89° and 94° 4' west longitude, measured from the prime meridian of Greenwich, England. A line drawn along the western border of the state would be 225 miles long. A straight line drawn across the state on its southern border would be about 325 miles long, while the width on the northern border from the Mississippi river to the Texas line is only 160 miles. The longest straight line that could be drawn in Louisiana would lie between the mouth of the Mississippi river and the northwestern corner of the state. Describe the general shape of the state. The United States is divided into three great districts, namely, the Atlantic slope which is east of the Appalachian Mountains, the Pacific slope lying west of the Rocky Mountain divide, and the great basin of the Mississippi. This immense basin contains two-thirds of the area of the United States. Likewise, from the standpoint of foreign trade, there are three centres, namely, New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Thus nature has made tributary to Louisiana the most fertile valley in the world united by a great river and its tributaries. What are they ? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.