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 121
... side , exclusive of those on the frozen shores of the northern border . Mountain ranges , peculiarly distinguished by their magnitude and continuity , pervade this quarter of the world . Those of North America consist of two great ...
... side , exclusive of those on the frozen shores of the northern border . Mountain ranges , peculiarly distinguished by their magnitude and continuity , pervade this quarter of the world . Those of North America consist of two great ...
Strana 122
... side , whence , being swelled by numerous streams , they roll , broad and spacious , across the great interior plain , until they approach the eastern range of mountains : thence they derive a fresh and copious series of tributaries ...
... side , whence , being swelled by numerous streams , they roll , broad and spacious , across the great interior plain , until they approach the eastern range of mountains : thence they derive a fresh and copious series of tributaries ...
Strana 123
... side . The animal kingdom of North Ame- rica embraces a considerable variety of species , some of which are not ... sides of the Rocky Mountains , is , when full grown , reported to exceed 800 pounds in weight , and its strength so great ...
... side . The animal kingdom of North Ame- rica embraces a considerable variety of species , some of which are not ... sides of the Rocky Mountains , is , when full grown , reported to exceed 800 pounds in weight , and its strength so great ...
Strana 126
... side , darkening the entire atmo- sphere , and often requiring four or five days to pass over a particular place ... sides of the continent , and is especially plentiful in Columbia River . The white - fish , or titameg of the traders ...
... side , darkening the entire atmo- sphere , and often requiring four or five days to pass over a particular place ... sides of the continent , and is especially plentiful in Columbia River . The white - fish , or titameg of the traders ...
Strana 136
... side only 310 feet , and 165 feet in height , being six or seven feet higher than the former . The one , called the ... sides of the falls , which are crowded with visitants during the summer months . LOWER CANADA . LOWER CANADA extends ...
... side only 310 feet , and 165 feet in height , being six or seven feet higher than the former . The one , called the ... sides of the falls , which are crowded with visitants during the summer months . LOWER CANADA . LOWER CANADA extends ...
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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.