A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
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... lake of Constance , and the other into the Iller , that are called Aach . AALBORG , an old town of Denmark , cap . diocese and bailiwick , and the principal town in Jutland , situated about 17 m . from the sea , on the S. side of the ...
... lake of Constance , and the other into the Iller , that are called Aach . AALBORG , an old town of Denmark , cap . diocese and bailiwick , and the principal town in Jutland , situated about 17 m . from the sea , on the S. side of the ...
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... lake of Tzana or Dembea . It has a mean elevation of about 8,000 feet , and is fenced and intersected by mountain ridges , of which those of Gojam , from their containing the sources of the E. Nile , are the most celebrated . Gondar ...
... lake of Tzana or Dembea . It has a mean elevation of about 8,000 feet , and is fenced and intersected by mountain ridges , of which those of Gojam , from their containing the sources of the E. Nile , are the most celebrated . Gondar ...
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... lake of Dembea or Tzana , already referred to , the lake of Ashangee , on the E. side of the Samen , is also of very considerable size . Mineralogy . This is very imperfectly known . Granite and schistus or slate seem to have been ...
... lake of Dembea or Tzana , already referred to , the lake of Ashangee , on the E. side of the Samen , is also of very considerable size . Mineralogy . This is very imperfectly known . Granite and schistus or slate seem to have been ...
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... Lakes . These are neither numerous , nor gene- rally of great extent . In the older maps a large lake is laid down to the W. N. W. of Mozambique , called Moravi or Zambre ; but its existence is problematical . The largest lake by far of ...
... Lakes . These are neither numerous , nor gene- rally of great extent . In the older maps a large lake is laid down to the W. N. W. of Mozambique , called Moravi or Zambre ; but its existence is problematical . The largest lake by far of ...
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... lake Tchad , and the Yeou or river of Bornou . Another singular circumstance mentioned by Herodotus relates to a traffic for gold carried on by the Carthaginians with a people beyond the straits , and managed in a peculiar manner ...
... lake Tchad , and the Yeou or river of Bornou . Another singular circumstance mentioned by Herodotus relates to a traffic for gold carried on by the Carthaginians with a people beyond the straits , and managed in a peculiar manner ...
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