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 40
... chain of the Kong Mountains , peopled to the summit . Leaving Yarriba , and passing through the large cities of Kiama and Wawa , he reached Boussa on the Niger , where he received a con- firmation of Park's death , and even an ...
... chain of the Kong Mountains , peopled to the summit . Leaving Yarriba , and passing through the large cities of Kiama and Wawa , he reached Boussa on the Niger , where he received a con- firmation of Park's death , and even an ...
Page 47
... chain , in a rich and well watered country . Its position is said to be identical with that of the ancient Thymbrium ... chains of granite rocks , which occasionally rise into peaks and are full of hollows . There are no rivers , but ...
... chain , in a rich and well watered country . Its position is said to be identical with that of the ancient Thymbrium ... chains of granite rocks , which occasionally rise into peaks and are full of hollows . There are no rivers , but ...
Page 52
... chain consists of the 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 ...
... chain consists of the 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 ...
Page 64
... chain of mountains , in the U. States of N. America , running in a N. E. and S. W. direction from the N. parts of Alabama and Georgia , to the state of Maine , a distance of about 1,200 m . It consists of a number of ridges , having a ...
... chain of mountains , in the U. States of N. America , running in a N. E. and S. W. direction from the N. parts of Alabama and Georgia , to the state of Maine , a distance of about 1,200 m . It consists of a number of ridges , having a ...
Page 67
... chain comprises the greater part of the Pennine and a portion of the Lepontine Alps , but is commonly called the Alps of Valaise . In the chain which en- closes the valley of Valaise on the N. the greatest European glacier is found ...
... chain comprises the greater part of the Pennine and a portion of the Lepontine Alps , but is commonly called the Alps of Valaise . In the chain which en- closes the valley of Valaise on the N. the greatest European glacier is found ...
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