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... land connection with South America . The base of the triangle lies along the Arctic Circle , and the two remaining sides face the Atlantic and Pacific oceans respectively . British North America comprises the whole northern and wider ...
... land connection with South America . The base of the triangle lies along the Arctic Circle , and the two remaining sides face the Atlantic and Pacific oceans respectively . British North America comprises the whole northern and wider ...
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George Mercer Dawson, Alexander Sutherland. land - masses of the world about the Arctic region , the eastern end of ... lands face toward that ocean on both sides . In British North America this is especially evidenced in the case of the ...
George Mercer Dawson, Alexander Sutherland. land - masses of the world about the Arctic region , the eastern end of ... lands face toward that ocean on both sides . In British North America this is especially evidenced in the case of the ...
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... land at 35 miles an hour , the entire time required by the Canadian route would be 21 days as against 24 days by way of the United States , a saving of 21 days . b . Outer Form and Size . - British North America is included between the ...
... land at 35 miles an hour , the entire time required by the Canadian route would be 21 days as against 24 days by way of the United States , a saving of 21 days . b . Outer Form and Size . - British North America is included between the ...
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... land surface of the globe . British North America constitutes one - third of the Empire by area ; it is about 32,000 square miles larger than the United States , including Alaska , 200,000 square miles less in size than the whole of ...
... land surface of the globe . British North America constitutes one - third of the Empire by area ; it is about 32,000 square miles larger than the United States , including Alaska , 200,000 square miles less in size than the whole of ...
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George Mercer Dawson, Alexander Sutherland. doubtless formed a single great land - mass at more than one former period of geological history . The Pacific coast - line , beginning at the Strait of Fuca , runs north - north - westward to ...
George Mercer Dawson, Alexander Sutherland. doubtless formed a single great land - mass at more than one former period of geological history . The Pacific coast - line , beginning at the Strait of Fuca , runs north - north - westward to ...
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