A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
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... Black Mountains , of which the northern , or the Groote ( Great ) Zwarte Berge , rises to about 4,000 f . above the sea . North of this range is the second terrace , called the Great Karroo , which is about 100 miles across and 3,000 ...
... Black Mountains , of which the northern , or the Groote ( Great ) Zwarte Berge , rises to about 4,000 f . above the sea . North of this range is the second terrace , called the Great Karroo , which is about 100 miles across and 3,000 ...
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... Sea , which has singularly perplexed geographers . It was opened by So ... seas or gulphs : so that one voyage was to the Atlantic , the other to the Indian ... black men surprised and carried them along vast inarshes and lakes to a city ...
... Sea , which has singularly perplexed geographers . It was opened by So ... seas or gulphs : so that one voyage was to the Atlantic , the other to the Indian ... black men surprised and carried them along vast inarshes and lakes to a city ...
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... sea . During the day there appeared only a vast forest ; but in the night ... black races ; the garillæ , evidently large apes , whose form resembled the ... sea , were little likely to extend maritime knowledge . Yet Xerxes showed some ...
... sea . During the day there appeared only a vast forest ; but in the night ... black races ; the garillæ , evidently large apes , whose form resembled the ... sea , were little likely to extend maritime knowledge . Yet Xerxes showed some ...
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... sea - port town of the island of Corsica , of which it is the cap . , on its W. coast , and on the N. side of a gulf ... Black Sea , lat . 46 ° 12 ′ N. , long . 30 ° 24 ′ E. The statements as to its pop . , even in works whose authors ...
... sea - port town of the island of Corsica , of which it is the cap . , on its W. coast , and on the N. side of a gulf ... Black Sea , lat . 46 ° 12 ′ N. , long . 30 ° 24 ′ E. The statements as to its pop . , even in works whose authors ...
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... Black Sea , were shipped for Con- stantinople and Alexandria . This commerce is now entirely suppressed . Many of the Turkish inhabitants have left the town since its occupation by the Russians . - ( Balbi Abrégé , 3rd ed . p . 809 ...
... Black Sea , were shipped for Con- stantinople and Alexandria . This commerce is now entirely suppressed . Many of the Turkish inhabitants have left the town since its occupation by the Russians . - ( Balbi Abrégé , 3rd ed . p . 809 ...
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