Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections and Maps Founded on Astronomical Observations and Trigonometrical and Barometrical Measurements, Հատոր 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 |
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Արդյունքներ 90–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... plains , elevated from 2000 to 2300 † me- tres above the level of the ocean . From Chalco to Queretaro are almost uninterrupted plains of fifty leagues in length and eight or ten in breadth . In the neighbourhood of the western coast ...
... plains , elevated from 2000 to 2300 † me- tres above the level of the ocean . From Chalco to Queretaro are almost uninterrupted plains of fifty leagues in length and eight or ten in breadth . In the neighbourhood of the western coast ...
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... plain contains near 70 leagues in circumference , and in this plain are two lakes which fill nearly the whole valley ; for the inhabitants sail in canoes for more than 50 leagues round . " - ( We must observe that the ge- neral speaks ...
... plain contains near 70 leagues in circumference , and in this plain are two lakes which fill nearly the whole valley ; for the inhabitants sail in canoes for more than 50 leagues round . " - ( We must observe that the ge- neral speaks ...
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... plain in which the capital is situ- ated , but those on the mountains which surround it . The construction of the new city , begun in 1524 , required a great quantity of timber for building and piles . They destroyed , and they daily ...
... plain in which the capital is situ- ated , but those on the mountains which surround it . The construction of the new city , begun in 1524 , required a great quantity of timber for building and piles . They destroyed , and they daily ...
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... plains of San Lazaro , exhibit nothing but a crust of efflorescent salts . The fertility of the plain , though yet considerable in the southern part , is by no means what it was when the city was surrounded by the lake . A wise ...
... plains of San Lazaro , exhibit nothing but a crust of efflorescent salts . The fertility of the plain , though yet considerable in the southern part , is by no means what it was when the city was surrounded by the lake . A wise ...
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... plain of carefully cul- tivated fields , which extend to the very feet of the colossal mountains covered with perpetual snow . The city appears as if washed by the waters of the lake of Tezcuco , whose basin , surrounded with villages ...
... plain of carefully cul- tivated fields , which extend to the very feet of the colossal mountains covered with perpetual snow . The city appears as if washed by the waters of the lake of Tezcuco , whose basin , surrounded with villages ...
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