Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain, Հատոր 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 - 1687 էջ |
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... height of mountains , should travel in three directions over the north of the kingdom of New Spain . Ile should direct his course , 1st . from the city of Guanaxuato to the presidio of Santa Fe , or to the village of Taos in New Mexico ...
... height of mountains , should travel in three directions over the north of the kingdom of New Spain . Ile should direct his course , 1st . from the city of Guanaxuato to the presidio of Santa Fe , or to the village of Taos in New Mexico ...
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... height of these summits , whether by means of the barometer , or by geometrical operations , an- gles of altitudes and azimuths taken with the rising or setting sun may serve to connect these mountains with points whose latitude and ...
... height of these summits , whether by means of the barometer , or by geometrical operations , an- gles of altitudes and azimuths taken with the rising or setting sun may serve to connect these mountains with points whose latitude and ...
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... height , and employing for a scale pieces of reeds , differ only from four to five minutes from what I found fifty - nine years afterwards by means of excellent English sextants . However , Father Font appears to have been less ...
... height , and employing for a scale pieces of reeds , differ only from four to five minutes from what I found fifty - nine years afterwards by means of excellent English sextants . However , Father Font appears to have been less ...
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... height , the limits , and direction of the mountains . We discover there chains which wind and branch out like rivers ; we are tempted to believe that the Alps and Pyrenees are less known than these distant countries . However , well ...
... height , the limits , and direction of the mountains . We discover there chains which wind and branch out like rivers ; we are tempted to believe that the Alps and Pyrenees are less known than these distant countries . However , well ...
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... height of the mountains , or the po- sition of their chains . I have traced on my map of New Spain the direction of the Cordilleras , not from vague sup- positions or hypothetical combinations , but from a great variety of data ...
... height of the mountains , or the po- sition of their chains . I have traced on my map of New Spain the direction of the Cordilleras , not from vague sup- positions or hypothetical combinations , but from a great variety of data ...
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Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections ..., Հատոր 1 Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1822 |
Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain, Հատոր 1 Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1811 |
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