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 12
... straits of Babelmandeb , lat . 12 ° 46 ′ 15 ′′ N. , long . 45 ° 10 ′ 20 ′′ E. It stands on the E. side of a promontory , projecting S. into the ocean , called the Peninsula of Aden . This peninsula , which terminates in a lofty mountain ...
... straits of Babelmandeb , lat . 12 ° 46 ′ 15 ′′ N. , long . 45 ° 10 ′ 20 ′′ E. It stands on the E. side of a promontory , projecting S. into the ocean , called the Peninsula of Aden . This peninsula , which terminates in a lofty mountain ...
Page 21
... Strait of Gibraltar ; the two continents approaching at the latter within about 10 m . of each other . It is separated from Asia by the Red Sea , at whose southern ex- tremity , the strait of Bab - el - mandeb , the shores of the two ...
... Strait of Gibraltar ; the two continents approaching at the latter within about 10 m . of each other . It is separated from Asia by the Red Sea , at whose southern ex- tremity , the strait of Bab - el - mandeb , the shores of the two ...
Page 22
... Strait of Bab - el - mandeb , until it unites to the mountain system of the Abyssinian Alps . North of this range , as far as about 100 N. lat . , a mountainous country extends between 10 and 250 E. long . , which may be considered as ...
... Strait of Bab - el - mandeb , until it unites to the mountain system of the Abyssinian Alps . North of this range , as far as about 100 N. lat . , a mountainous country extends between 10 and 250 E. long . , which may be considered as ...
Page 34
... straits , and managed in a peculiar manner , without the parties seeing each other . There is no gold in Africa north of the Senegal or Niger ; but whether the Carthaginians penetrated thither , or the gold was brought by natives across ...
... straits , and managed in a peculiar manner , without the parties seeing each other . There is no gold in Africa north of the Senegal or Niger ; but whether the Carthaginians penetrated thither , or the gold was brought by natives across ...
Page 35
... straits , but soon terrified by the stormy ocean and rocky shores , he returned , and de- clared to his sovereign that the vessel had stopped of itself , and could not be got forward . The monarch indignantly rejected this apology , and ...
... straits , but soon terrified by the stormy ocean and rocky shores , he returned , and de- clared to his sovereign that the vessel had stopped of itself , and could not be got forward . The monarch indignantly rejected this apology , and ...
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