Of LAND and WATER.
The whole globe of the earth is called terraqueous, consisting of two bodies, namely, Land and Water, which may be divided in the following manner, viz.
LAND into Continents, Islands, Peninsulas, Isthmuses, Promontories, Mountains.
1. A Continent is a large tract of land, comprehending divers countries, kingdoms, and states, joining altogether, without any separation of its parts by water, of which we have four, viz. Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.
2. An Island is a part of land encompassed round with water.
3. A Peninsula, called also Chersonesus, is a piece of dry land every where environed with water, save only a narrow neck of land adjoining the same to the Continent.
4. An Isthmus is that narrow neck of land which joins the Peninsula to the Continent, by which people go from one to the other.
5. A Promontory is a high piece of land, stretching out into the sea, the extremity whereof is commonly called a Cape.
6. A Mountain is a rising part of dry land, overtopping the adjacent country, and appearing the first at a distance.
WATER is divided into Oceans, Seas, Gulfs, Straits, Lakes, and Rivers.