The New Universal Gazetteer and Geographical DictionaryH.G. Bohn, 1851 - 1038 էջ |
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... Pacific ocean in Lat . 33. S. ACONCAGUA , a mountain in Chili , said to be higher than the famed Chimborazo , being 23,200 feet in height . ( See proceedings of Geological Society . vol . vi . p . 143. ) ACOSTAN , a mountainous island ...
... Pacific ocean in Lat . 33. S. ACONCAGUA , a mountain in Chili , said to be higher than the famed Chimborazo , being 23,200 feet in height . ( See proceedings of Geological Society . vol . vi . p . 143. ) ACOSTAN , a mountainous island ...
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... coast of the county of Dorset , rising 440 feet almost perpendicularly from the sea , with the ruins of a small square ... Pacific Ocean , of which the largest , called Great Admiralty Island , is from 55 to 60 miles in length . Lat . 1 ...
... coast of the county of Dorset , rising 440 feet almost perpendicularly from the sea , with the ruins of a small square ... Pacific Ocean , of which the largest , called Great Admiralty Island , is from 55 to 60 miles in length . Lat . 1 ...
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... Pacific Ocean , discovered in 1781. It is quite barren , and inaccessible even to boats . AMASREH , a town of ... ocean under the equinoctial line . AMATTA FOA , an island in the Southern Pacific Ocean , discovered by Cook in 1774 . It ...
... Pacific Ocean , discovered in 1781. It is quite barren , and inaccessible even to boats . AMASREH , a town of ... ocean under the equinoctial line . AMATTA FOA , an island in the Southern Pacific Ocean , discovered by Cook in 1774 . It ...
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... coast in 1497 , and , with his son , sailed along a great por- tion of that continent . The Pacific Ocean was seen from the mountain - tops , near Pa- nama , by Balboa , in 1513. The Spaniards soon began to make conquests in America ...
... coast in 1497 , and , with his son , sailed along a great por- tion of that continent . The Pacific Ocean was seen from the mountain - tops , near Pa- nama , by Balboa , in 1513. The Spaniards soon began to make conquests in America ...
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... Ocean , or into the inland seas connected with that ocean . From the Western or Pacific Ocean , the land of America rises suddenly and abruptly into the great ridges of the Andes , on the south , and of the Rocky Mountains on the north ...
... Ocean , or into the inland seas connected with that ocean . From the Western or Pacific Ocean , the land of America rises suddenly and abruptly into the great ridges of the Andes , on the south , and of the Rocky Mountains on the north ...
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Էջ 445 - This beautiful island is 9 miles in length and about 30 in circumference. It is abundantly watered, though, from its limited size, none of the streams are considerable. The soil throughout is rich and fertile, and yields very fine pasture. The cows are much esteemed, yielding abundance of excellent milk. A great number of them are yearly exported to England. Vegetables are also excellent, and in great variety. Timber, with the exception of the elm tree, is not lofty, but luxuriant. Most kinds of...
Էջ 227 - The rivers present very striking, and it would seem conclusive evidence respecting the quantity of gold remaining undiscovered in the quartz veins. It is not probable that the gold in the dry diggings and that in the rivers — the former in lumps, the latter in dust — were created by different processes.
Էջ 367 - Bedford, Berks, Bucks, Cambridge, Chester, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Gloucester, Hereford, Hertford, Huntingdon, Kent, Lancaster, Leicester, Lincoln, Middlesex, Monmouth, Norfolk, Northampton. Northumberland, Nottingham, Oxford, Rutland, Salop, Somerset, Southampton, Stafford, Suffolk. Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, Westmoreland, Wilts, Worcester, and York.
Էջ 367 - Cambridge, Chester, Cornwall, Cumberland. Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Gloucester, Hereford, Hertford, Huntingdon, Kent, Lancaster, Leicester, Lincoln, Middlesex, Monmouth, Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland, Nottingham, Oxford, Rutland, Salop, Somerset, Southampton, Stafford, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, Westmoreland, Wilts, Worcester, York, East, North and West.
Էջ 447 - Thence it runs eastward about fifteen hundred miles, including the Grain Coast, the Ivory Coast, the Gold Coast, and the Slave Coast, with the large kingdom of Benin. From thence it runs southward, about twelve hundred miles, and contains the kingdoms of Congo and Angola. 3. Concerning the first, the Senegal Coast, Monsieur Brue. who lived...
Էջ 58 - But cotton ami coffee will grow at a considerable elevation, and sugar is cultivated with success in the temperate parts of Quito. Maize is cultivated in the same climate as the banana; but its cultivation extends over a much wider sphere, as it arrives at maturity at an elevation of 9000 feet above the level of the sea. The low country within the tropics is also the region of oranges, pine apples, and the most delicious fruits.
Էջ 477 - Catholics are numerous. The whole province of Holland is a continued flat, and lies so low as to be under the level of the sea at high water: the tide is prevented from flowing in by means of dikes and natural sand-hanks.
Էջ 229 - The town is about a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth, decreasing- towards each extremity; and most of the streets, as well as the buildings, are irregular.
Էջ 246 - North Carolina is a ridge of sand, separated from the main land, in some places, by narrow sounds, in others by broad bays- The passages or inlets through it are shallow and dangerous, and Ocracoke inlet is the only one, north of Cape Fear, through which vessels pass.
Էջ 145 - Its imports by sea are gold and silver, copper and bar-iron, woollen cloths of every description, tea, salt, glass and china ware, wines, and other commodities, for the use of its European inhabitants, and a few Arabian and English horses. The native breed of these animals being diminutive, B.