A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
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... Islands , and Australia , they are remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of their plumage , their dissonant and incessant notes , and their utter inutility to man . Proportional to the number of gramini- vorous and frugivorous birds ...
... Islands , and Australia , they are remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of their plumage , their dissonant and incessant notes , and their utter inutility to man . Proportional to the number of gramini- vorous and frugivorous birds ...
Page 47
... ( ISLANDS OF ) , a group of islands at 60 ° 32 ′ N. lat . , and 19 ° 10 ′ and 21 ° 7 ′ E. long . , consisting of more than 80 inhabited and upwards of 200 uninhabited islets and rocks ( Sharon ) , occupying an area of about 470 sq . m ...
... ( ISLANDS OF ) , a group of islands at 60 ° 32 ′ N. lat . , and 19 ° 10 ′ and 21 ° 7 ′ E. long . , consisting of more than 80 inhabited and upwards of 200 uninhabited islets and rocks ( Sharon ) , occupying an area of about 470 sq . m ...
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... ISLANDS , a chain of islands in the N. Pacific ocean , stretching from the peninsula of Kamtschatka , in Asia , to Cape Alaska , in N. America , comprised in the Russian government of Irkutzk . They are very numerous , occupying a cir ...
... ISLANDS , a chain of islands in the N. Pacific ocean , stretching from the peninsula of Kamtschatka , in Asia , to Cape Alaska , in N. America , comprised in the Russian government of Irkutzk . They are very numerous , occupying a cir ...
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... islands whence Algiers derives its name , are two rocky ledges opposite its N. E. quarter , which have been united , strongly fortified , and connected with the main land by a mole ; another mole , stretch- ing S. W. from these islands ...
... islands whence Algiers derives its name , are two rocky ledges opposite its N. E. quarter , which have been united , strongly fortified , and connected with the main land by a mole ; another mole , stretch- ing S. W. from these islands ...
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... island , till 1622. The destruction of this establishment by the Dutch , and the cruelties inflicted on the unhappy persons ... islands connect- ed with it N. of Hudson's Straits Total - sq.Eng . m . 7,400,000 6,500,000 150,000 900,000 ...
... island , till 1622. The destruction of this establishment by the Dutch , and the cruelties inflicted on the unhappy persons ... islands connect- ed with it N. of Hudson's Straits Total - sq.Eng . m . 7,400,000 6,500,000 150,000 900,000 ...
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