A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
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Page 5
... summits . Monte Corno , surnamed Il Gran Sasso , or the Great Rock , rises to the height of 9,527 feet above the level of the sea , Monte Majella to about 8,500 , and Monte Vellino to 8,397 . It is watered by many rivers , most of which ...
... summits . Monte Corno , surnamed Il Gran Sasso , or the Great Rock , rises to the height of 9,527 feet above the level of the sea , Monte Majella to about 8,500 , and Monte Vellino to 8,397 . It is watered by many rivers , most of which ...
Page 6
... summits and crevices of the mountains of Samen : at all ailie , a man burnt by the sun , or of a dark colour ) of events , Mr. Pearce was overtaken by a snow storm when the ancients . The name Abyssina , or more properly passing them in ...
... summits and crevices of the mountains of Samen : at all ailie , a man burnt by the sun , or of a dark colour ) of events , Mr. Pearce was overtaken by a snow storm when the ancients . The name Abyssina , or more properly passing them in ...
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... summits are considered to rise to 9,000 or 10,000 feet . On its northern side the table - land seems to have at- AFIUM - KARA - HISSAR ( or Black Castle of Opium ) , a city of Asiatic Turkey , in Anatolia , cap . Sanjiack , 188 m . E ...
... summits are considered to rise to 9,000 or 10,000 feet . On its northern side the table - land seems to have at- AFIUM - KARA - HISSAR ( or Black Castle of Opium ) , a city of Asiatic Turkey , in Anatolia , cap . Sanjiack , 188 m . E ...
Page 48
... summit of the basin of the lake , is estimated at about 8 m . , and that round the water's edge about 4 m . It is in parts very deep : a variety of fish are found in it , among which are eels of an immense size and highly esteemed . But ...
... summit of the basin of the lake , is estimated at about 8 m . , and that round the water's edge about 4 m . It is in parts very deep : a variety of fish are found in it , among which are eels of an immense size and highly esteemed . But ...
Page 52
... summits of a from Bagdad and Bussora to be shipped at Iskenderoun and Latakia for the different ports of Europe . Aleppo communicated also with Arabia and Egypt , by way of Damascus ; with Asia Minor , by Tarsus ; and with Armenia , by ...
... summits of a from Bagdad and Bussora to be shipped at Iskenderoun and Latakia for the different ports of Europe . Aleppo communicated also with Arabia and Egypt , by way of Damascus ; with Asia Minor , by Tarsus ; and with Armenia , by ...
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