Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain ...: With Physical Sections and Maps, Founded on Astronomical Observations, and Trigonometrical and Barometrical Measurements, Հատոր 2I. Riley, 1811 |
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Արդյունքներ 54–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... elevation of the Pico del Fraile , or the highest summit of the Nevado de Toluca , is 4620 metres * ( 2370 toises ) . No mountain in this intendancy equals the height of Mount Blanc . The valley of Mexico , or Tenochtitlan , of which I ...
... elevation of the Pico del Fraile , or the highest summit of the Nevado de Toluca , is 4620 metres * ( 2370 toises ) . No mountain in this intendancy equals the height of Mount Blanc . The valley of Mexico , or Tenochtitlan , of which I ...
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... elevation of the monument from the number of its steps . - Author . So far from a coincidence in the accounts , it would appear from the Abbé Clavigero , whose zeal for the ancient honours of his country certainly by no means ...
... elevation of the monument from the number of its steps . - Author . So far from a coincidence in the accounts , it would appear from the Abbé Clavigero , whose zeal for the ancient honours of his country certainly by no means ...
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... elevation surrounded by walls . It was one of the Mexican theatres , the same on which Cortez , a few days before the end of the siege , erected his famous Catapulta ( trabuco de palo * ) , the appearance of which alone terrified the be ...
... elevation surrounded by walls . It was one of the Mexican theatres , the same on which Cortez , a few days before the end of the siege , erected his famous Catapulta ( trabuco de palo * ) , the appearance of which alone terrified the be ...
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... elevation of 2,277 metres † , has no particular sources , like the lake of Chalco . When we consider , on the one hand , the small volume of water with which in dry seasons this lake is furnished by very inconsi- derable rivers , and ...
... elevation of 2,277 metres † , has no particular sources , like the lake of Chalco . When we consider , on the one hand , the small volume of water with which in dry seasons this lake is furnished by very inconsi- derable rivers , and ...
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... elevation on the ridge of the Mexican Cordil- leras . But Washington and Philadelphia will always look like European cities . They will not strike the eyes of the traveller with that peculiar , I may say exotic , character which belongs ...
... elevation on the ridge of the Mexican Cordil- leras . But Washington and Philadelphia will always look like European cities . They will not strike the eyes of the traveller with that peculiar , I may say exotic , character which belongs ...
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Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections ..., Հատոր 2 Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1822 |
Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections ..., Հատոր 2 Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1822 |
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