A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 50
... road from Palermo to Trapani , 24 m . W.S.W. Palermo . Pop . said by Swinburne to be 8,500 perhaps it may now be estimated at 10,000 , the pop . of the dis- trict being , in 1831 , 15,589 . Streets straight , but ill paved and dirty ...
... road from Palermo to Trapani , 24 m . W.S.W. Palermo . Pop . said by Swinburne to be 8,500 perhaps it may now be estimated at 10,000 , the pop . of the dis- trict being , in 1831 , 15,589 . Streets straight , but ill paved and dirty ...
Page 57
... road from Algiers to Constantine , between the plains of Hamza and Majanah , a deep narrow pass , called Beeban ( the Gates ) , which a few men might defend against an army , leads through a mountain ridge ; and a little far- ther E. the ...
... road from Algiers to Constantine , between the plains of Hamza and Majanah , a deep narrow pass , called Beeban ( the Gates ) , which a few men might defend against an army , leads through a mountain ridge ; and a little far- ther E. the ...
Page 66
... road and extends E. to the sources of the Tinea , a tributary of the Var , is called the Ma- ritime Alps , and does not contain any very high summits ; but it is extremely steep , and is tra- versed only by one road practicable for ...
... road and extends E. to the sources of the Tinea , a tributary of the Var , is called the Ma- ritime Alps , and does not contain any very high summits ; but it is extremely steep , and is tra- versed only by one road practicable for ...
Page 67
... road over this range ; but another road , used only by mules , has obtained celebrity by Napoleon having passed it in 1800 , previously to his famous Italian campaign . This is the road of the Great S. Bernhard ; it begins at Martigny ...
... road over this range ; but another road , used only by mules , has obtained celebrity by Napoleon having passed it in 1800 , previously to his famous Italian campaign . This is the road of the Great S. Bernhard ; it begins at Martigny ...
Page 68
... road passing through it . The canton of the Grisons , sensible of the advantage accruing from this commercial inter- course , has constructed three excellent roads over the range , which divides the affluents of the Rhine from those ...
... road passing through it . The canton of the Grisons , sensible of the advantage accruing from this commercial inter- course , has constructed three excellent roads over the range , which divides the affluents of the Rhine from those ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abyssinia Africa Algiers Alps America ancient Arabia Arabs Asia Austria banks Bedouins Black Sea built called Cape Caspian Sea castle chain church climate coast Cochin China considerable consists contains corn cotton cultivated Dalmatia Danube declivity desert district elevation empire Euphrates Europe European exports extends extremity feet fertile forests France Galicia Gulph harbour Hedjaz height Herodotus hills houses Hungary Illyria important India inhab inhabitants interior islands lake land latter Lower Austria manufactures miles mountains native navigation nearly occupied Ocean parish Persian plain population port portion principal produce prov provinces race range region ridges rises river road runs salt shores side silk situated soil Spain species summits Syria table-land town of France town of Naples town of Spain tracts trade traversed tribes Upper Austria valley vessels Vienna village whole Yemen