A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
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... extremity of the promontory formed by the gulfs of Bothnia and Finland , on the river Aurajocki , by which it is intersected , lat . 60 ° 26 ' 58 N. , long . 22 ° 17 ′ 15 ′ E. It was the seat of a university , and has a considerable ...
... extremity of the promontory formed by the gulfs of Bothnia and Finland , on the river Aurajocki , by which it is intersected , lat . 60 ° 26 ' 58 N. , long . 22 ° 17 ′ 15 ′ E. It was the seat of a university , and has a considerable ...
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... extremity , which forms the Cape Colony . Here Africa presents to the Indian Ocean a bread line of coast , running east and west nearly along the 34th parallel from 18 to 260 E. long . , or from the Cape of Good Hope to Algoa Bay ...
... extremity , which forms the Cape Colony . Here Africa presents to the Indian Ocean a bread line of coast , running east and west nearly along the 34th parallel from 18 to 260 E. long . , or from the Cape of Good Hope to Algoa Bay ...
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... extremity on the shores of the Atlantic 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 ...
... extremity on the shores of the Atlantic 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 ...
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... extremity . Panthers , leopards , and many small species of the feline race also exist ; and the cat has been domesticated , though it be much more rarely found in this state than in Europe , Asia , or even America . Of the Canine ...
... extremity . Panthers , leopards , and many small species of the feline race also exist ; and the cat has been domesticated , though it be much more rarely found in this state than in Europe , Asia , or even America . Of the Canine ...
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... extremity . This is the buffalo of the Cape , or Bos Caffer ; an animal of great size and ferocity , which has never been tamed , and is probably untameable . Romans after the battle of Zama implies this clearly enough . They were to ...
... extremity . This is the buffalo of the Cape , or Bos Caffer ; an animal of great size and ferocity , which has never been tamed , and is probably untameable . Romans after the battle of Zama implies this clearly enough . They were to ...
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