A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the Various Countries, Places, and Principal Natural Objects in the World, Volume 1 |
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... extremity of the promontory formed by the gulfs of Bothnia and Finland , on the river Aurajocki , by which it is intersected , lat . 60 ° 26 ′ 58 ′′ N. , long . 22 ° 17 ′ 15 E. It was the seat of a university , and has a considerable ...
... extremity of the promontory formed by the gulfs of Bothnia and Finland , on the river Aurajocki , by which it is intersected , lat . 60 ° 26 ′ 58 ′′ N. , long . 22 ° 17 ′ 15 E. It was the seat of a university , and has a considerable ...
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... extremity of the Red Sea , Asia and Africa are united by the isthmus of Suez ; the Mediterranean being there about 72 m . from the Red Sea . The most southerly point of Africa , Cape das Agulhas ( Cape Needles ) , is in lat . 34 ° 52 ...
... extremity of the Red Sea , Asia and Africa are united by the isthmus of Suez ; the Mediterranean being there about 72 m . from the Red Sea . The most southerly point of Africa , Cape das Agulhas ( Cape Needles ) , is in lat . 34 ° 52 ...
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... extremity on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean its mean breadth exceeds 350 miles . The highest ridge seems to traverse the region in an oblique line , beginning on the east opposite Sicily , at Capes Bon and Blanco , and tor- minating ...
... extremity on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean its mean breadth exceeds 350 miles . The highest ridge seems to traverse the region in an oblique line , beginning on the east opposite Sicily , at Capes Bon and Blanco , and tor- minating ...
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... extremity . Panthers , leopards , and many small species of the feline race also exist ; and the cat has been domesticated , though it be much more rarely found in this state than in Europe , Asia , or even America . Of the Canine ...
... extremity . Panthers , leopards , and many small species of the feline race also exist ; and the cat has been domesticated , though it be much more rarely found in this state than in Europe , Asia , or even America . Of the Canine ...
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... extremity . This is the buffalo of the Cape , or Bos Caffer ; an animal of great size and ferocity , which has never been tamed , and is probably untameable . the great desert to the southern cape ; and gene- rally in greater numbers ...
... extremity . This is the buffalo of the Cape , or Bos Caffer ; an animal of great size and ferocity , which has never been tamed , and is probably untameable . the great desert to the southern cape ; and gene- rally in greater numbers ...
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