A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the Various Countries, Places, and Principal Natural Objects in the World, Volume 1 |
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... coast of Ireland , co . Mayo , separated from the main land by a narrow channel . It is about 30 m . in circumfer- ence , and contains above 23,000 acres . Pop . 5,277 . It is mountainous ; and eagles whence its name -- breed in its ...
... coast of Ireland , co . Mayo , separated from the main land by a narrow channel . It is about 30 m . in circumfer- ence , and contains above 23,000 acres . Pop . 5,277 . It is mountainous ; and eagles whence its name -- breed in its ...
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... coast into the interior . We are only well acquainted with the southern extremity , which forms Ocean a broad line of coast , running east and west nearly the Cape Colony . Here Africa presents to the Indian along the 34th parallel from ...
... coast into the interior . We are only well acquainted with the southern extremity , which forms Ocean a broad line of coast , running east and west nearly the Cape Colony . Here Africa presents to the Indian along the 34th parallel from ...
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... coast , with the island of Madagascar , extends to about 20 ° of S. latitude . and not so woolly as that of the ordinary Negro . They are robust , courageous , industrious and enterprising , and like the Mandingos have adopted the ...
... coast , with the island of Madagascar , extends to about 20 ° of S. latitude . and not so woolly as that of the ordinary Negro . They are robust , courageous , industrious and enterprising , and like the Mandingos have adopted the ...
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... coast of Western Guinea , and many tribes near the Slave coast , and in the Bight of Benin ; countries where the slave trade has been carried on to the greatest extent , and has exercised its usually baneful in- fluence . On the other ...
... coast of Western Guinea , and many tribes near the Slave coast , and in the Bight of Benin ; countries where the slave trade has been carried on to the greatest extent , and has exercised its usually baneful in- fluence . On the other ...
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... coast indeed was well known to the riners , who descended the Red Sea , and having ancients , and included in their circle of civilized reached the ocean , landed , sowed a crop , reaped states . But her eastern and western limits , it ...
... coast indeed was well known to the riners , who descended the Red Sea , and having ancients , and included in their circle of civilized reached the ocean , landed , sowed a crop , reaped states . But her eastern and western limits , it ...
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