An Accompaniment to Mitchell's Map of the World on Mercator's Projection: Containing an Index to the Various Countries, Cities, Towns, Islands, &c., Represented on the Map ... Also, a General Description of the Five Great Divisions of the Globe, America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceanica, with Their Several Empires, Kingdoms, States, Territories, &cR.L. Barnes, 1839 - Počet stran: 572 |
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Strana 119
... considered as a frozen region . In Greenland and around Hudson's Bay , mercury freezes in winter , and ice and snow accumulate on the land and water and covers a great part of the country throughout the year . The winter begins in ...
... considered as a frozen region . In Greenland and around Hudson's Bay , mercury freezes in winter , and ice and snow accumulate on the land and water and covers a great part of the country throughout the year . The winter begins in ...
Strana 121
... considered as be- longing to the denomination embraced by their masters . No part of the world presents so great a number of languages spoken by so few individuals , as the American continent . It is estimated that more than 438 ...
... considered as be- longing to the denomination embraced by their masters . No part of the world presents so great a number of languages spoken by so few individuals , as the American continent . It is estimated that more than 438 ...
Strana 123
... considered a delicacy . The Indians make bows of the perfect horn , which are highly serviceable from their elasticity ; and from their skins they prepare various articles of dress , and apply them also to other purposes . The Caribou ...
... considered a delicacy . The Indians make bows of the perfect horn , which are highly serviceable from their elasticity ; and from their skins they prepare various articles of dress , and apply them also to other purposes . The Caribou ...
Strana 128
... considered as belonging to this region ; they form a long and numerous group , extending westward from the Peninsula of Ali- aska to Kamtschatka . They appear to be a continuation of the lofty volcanic ranges which traverse the opposite ...
... considered as belonging to this region ; they form a long and numerous group , extending westward from the Peninsula of Ali- aska to Kamtschatka . They appear to be a continuation of the lofty volcanic ranges which traverse the opposite ...
Strana 133
... considered head branches of the Mackenzie , as their waters finally reach the ocean through its channel . The lakes are exceedingly numerous ; some are extensive , and second only to the great Canadian lakes , and affording , during the ...
... considered head branches of the Mackenzie , as their waters finally reach the ocean through its channel . The lakes are exceedingly numerous ; some are extensive , and second only to the great Canadian lakes , and affording , during the ...
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An Accompaniment to Mitchell's Map of the World on Mercator's Projection ... Samuel Augustus Mitchell Náhled není k dispozici. - 2015 |
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Strana 165 - State, which are distributed among the school districts in proportion to the number of children in each, between the ages...
Strana 145 - The legislative power is vested in a Congress, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives.
Strana 189 - Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Independence, and Founder of the University of Virginia.
Strana 154 - A general diffusion of the advantages of education being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people ; to promote this important object, the legislature are authorized, and it shall be their duty to require, the several towns to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the support and maintenance of public schools...
Strana 169 - ... is entitled to vote unless he is possessed of a freehold estate of the value of 250 dollars, without any encumbrance.
Strana 145 - I hereby authorize you to draw on the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of War, and of the Navy of the United States, according as you may find your draughts will be most negotiable...
Strana 222 - The Legislature shall provide for a system of Common Schools, by which a school shall be kept up and supported in each district at least three months in every year : and any school district neglecting to keep up and support such a school, may be deprived of its proportion of the interest of the public fund during such neglect.
Strana 417 - From that time, like everything else which falls into the hands of the Mussulman, it has been going to ruin, and the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope gave the deathblow to its commercial greatness.
Strana 236 - The amount of nutritive substance yielded by it, is to that of wheat, as 133 to 1, and to that of potatoes, as 44 to 1.
Strana 485 - Hindostan, as it now exists, the power of Britain appears entirely predominant This absolute sway of an island comparatively so small, over an empire of 100,000,000 inhabitants, situated nearly at its antipodes, and accessible only by so vast a circuit of ocean, presents one of the most remarkable phenomena in the history of the world.