Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain, Հատոր 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 - 1687 էջ |
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... hundred places known for considerable mining undertakings , I proposed to unite together all the * 838,400l . sterling . Trans . materials which I could procure , and to discuss the B 2 GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION . iii.
... hundred places known for considerable mining undertakings , I proposed to unite together all the * 838,400l . sterling . Trans . materials which I could procure , and to discuss the B 2 GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION . iii.
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... geographical information . And yet an accurate acquaintance with Hindostan , a country visited by the most active nations of Europe , does not ex- tend farther back than thirty or forty years . I ought to have foreseen , that ...
... geographical information . And yet an accurate acquaintance with Hindostan , a country visited by the most active nations of Europe , does not ex- tend farther back than thirty or forty years . I ought to have foreseen , that ...
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... would be the most important , the easiest to execute , and that in * The word Real indicates a place where mines are worked . which the chronometer would be exposed to the smallest changes vi GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .
... would be the most important , the easiest to execute , and that in * The word Real indicates a place where mines are worked . which the chronometer would be exposed to the smallest changes vi GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .
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... geographical position ! The very trifling expense of the execution of these three journies , above all of the first , would give a new face to the geography of New Spain . The positions of Acapulco , of Vera Cruz and Mexico , have been ...
... geographical position ! The very trifling expense of the execution of these three journies , above all of the first , would give a new face to the geography of New Spain . The positions of Acapulco , of Vera Cruz and Mexico , have been ...
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... method of azimuths was only 7 " false in timet . * About 102,400 feet English , Trans . † Mémoire astronomique sur la différence des meridiens These same insulated summits , situated in the midst of GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION . xiii.
... method of azimuths was only 7 " false in timet . * About 102,400 feet English , Trans . † Mémoire astronomique sur la différence des meridiens These same insulated summits , situated in the midst of GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION . xiii.
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