A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the Various Countries, Places, and Principal Natural Objects in the World, Volume 1 |
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... navigable on emerging from lake Thun . In the upper part of its course it dashes along with great fury , and is precipitated over several waterfalls . This also is the name of two small rivers Ja Waldeck .— ( Core's Switzerland ...
... navigable on emerging from lake Thun . In the upper part of its course it dashes along with great fury , and is precipitated over several waterfalls . This also is the name of two small rivers Ja Waldeck .— ( Core's Switzerland ...
Page 13
... navigable , Roverodo , and Pontone . It then changes its course to the E. , and passing Verona , Legnago , and Aquileia , falls into the Adriatic , 20 miles S. Venice . It is deep , rapid ( Veloz Athesis , Claud . ) , and is usually ...
... navigable , Roverodo , and Pontone . It then changes its course to the E. , and passing Verona , Legnago , and Aquileia , falls into the Adriatic , 20 miles S. Venice . It is deep , rapid ( Veloz Athesis , Claud . ) , and is usually ...
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... navigable than at present , this town appears to have been of some importance ; the completion of the pro- jected canal will perhaps restore it to its former pros- perity . ALCORA , a town of Spain , prov . Valencia , 48 m . N. Valencia ...
... navigable than at present , this town appears to have been of some importance ; the completion of the pro- jected canal will perhaps restore it to its former pros- perity . ALCORA , a town of Spain , prov . Valencia , 48 m . N. Valencia ...
Page 69
... navigable . On three sides the Alps are surrounded by plains . On the S. by that of Lombardy , on the N. by those of Switzerland and Bavaria , and on the E. by the great plain of Hungary . The plain of Lombardy is less elevated than ...
... navigable . On three sides the Alps are surrounded by plains . On the S. by that of Lombardy , on the N. by those of Switzerland and Bavaria , and on the E. by the great plain of Hungary . The plain of Lombardy is less elevated than ...
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... navigable for vessels of considerable burden to the E. foot of the Andes , a distance , in a direct line , of above 2,000 m . from the sea ; and though civilisation has as yet made little or no progress in the vast and fertile re- gions ...
... navigable for vessels of considerable burden to the E. foot of the Andes , a distance , in a direct line , of above 2,000 m . from the sea ; and though civilisation has as yet made little or no progress in the vast and fertile re- gions ...
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