A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
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... ocean on the N. side of the river , by a breakwater on the opposite shore , and various subsidiary works . Still how- ever the harbour is a tide one , only entered when there is sufficient water on the bar , which has 12 feet at neap ...
... ocean on the N. side of the river , by a breakwater on the opposite shore , and various subsidiary works . Still how- ever the harbour is a tide one , only entered when there is sufficient water on the bar , which has 12 feet at neap ...
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... Ocean , lat . 12 ° 45 ′ N. , long . 45 ° E. It stands upon a lofty promontory , called the Peninsula of Aden , connected with the main land by an isthmus about 200 yards in breadth . When Salt was here , in 1809 , this isthmus was ...
... Ocean , lat . 12 ° 45 ′ N. , long . 45 ° E. It stands upon a lofty promontory , called the Peninsula of Aden , connected with the main land by an isthmus about 200 yards in breadth . When Salt was here , in 1809 , this isthmus was ...
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... ocean . The ebb and flow are considerable at Venice and other places . The bora or N. E. wind is the most formidable obstacle to its safe navigation . It comes on in sudden and impetuous squalls , which ge - pageant in the hands of ...
... ocean . The ebb and flow are considerable at Venice and other places . The bora or N. E. wind is the most formidable obstacle to its safe navigation . It comes on in sudden and impetuous squalls , which ge - pageant in the hands of ...
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... Ocean is also formed by two or three terraces , the highest edge of it being about 90 or 100 miles distant from the shore . This edge , formed from escaping to the Indian Ocean ; so that they either by a mountain ridge , prevents the ...
... Ocean is also formed by two or three terraces , the highest edge of it being about 90 or 100 miles distant from the shore . This edge , formed from escaping to the Indian Ocean ; so that they either by a mountain ridge , prevents the ...
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... Ocean its mean breadth exceeds 350 miles . The highest ridge seems to traverse the region in an oblique line , beginning on the east opposite Sicily , at Capes Bon and Blanco , and tor- minating on the shores of the Atlantic at Capes ...
... Ocean its mean breadth exceeds 350 miles . The highest ridge seems to traverse the region in an oblique line , beginning on the east opposite Sicily , at Capes Bon and Blanco , and tor- minating on the shores of the Atlantic at Capes ...
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