 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 478 str.
...central ridge. The blue mountain peak rises seven thousand four hundred and thirty-one feet, or nearly a mile and a half above the level of the sea; and the precipices are interspersed with beautiful savannas. From these central mountains descend above... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 str.
...elevation, the chain of mountains by which it is bounded being, agreeably to St. Vincent, 8,320 feet, more than a mile and a half, above the level of the sea. THE SOUFFRIERE MOUNTAIN, IN THE ISLAND OF ST. VINCENT. THIS volcanic mountain, the dreadful eruption... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 788 str.
...iininrrvn-v differ li i> a no tliret • of moi i.ircd to the roi/ Hre. than seven thousand feet, nearly a mile and a half, above the level of the sea; and here the currents of lava, hitherto concealed by the vegetation, begin to appear in all their aridity... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1841 - 486 str.
...valley between two principal chains of the Andes. The lowest point of their arc was at an elevation of a mile and a half above the level of the sea ; and, in some instances, the heights of two neighboring signals differed more than a mile. Encamped upon... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1850 - 378 str.
...difficulties caused by the ill-will and indolence of the natives, and by the localities. Their station was a mile and a half above the level of the sea, and in some instances the heights of two neighboring signals differed more than a mile. To accomplish their... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1855 - 484 str.
...valley between two principal chains of the Andes. The lowest point of their arc was at an elevation of a mile and a half above the level of the sea ; and, in some instances, the heights of two neighboring signals differed more than a mile. Encamped upon... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1858 - 454 str.
...valley between two principal chains of the Andes. The lowest point of their arc was at an elevation of a mile and a half above the level of the sea ; and, in some instances, the heights of two neighboring signals differed more than a mile. Encamped upon... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1874 - 110 str.
...lands and the low lands. Bogota, the capital, is more elevated than even the city of Mexico,—more than a mile and a half above the level of the sea, in a most delightful climate. The celebrated falls of Tacundama—• 574 feet high—are near Bogota.... | |
 | F. H. Deverell - 1884 - 332 str.
...the mountain climbing, rough and steep, bringing us to the crest of the " port " or pass of Saldeu, more than a mile and a half above the level of the sea, or about twice the height of Puigcerda, and nineteen times the present height of Shakespeare's cliff... | |
 | Canadian Pacific Railway Company - 1898 - 224 str.
...minutes' walk of the Great Glacier, from which, at the left, Sir Donald rises a naked and abrupt pyramid, to a height of more than a mile and a half above the railway. This stately monolith was named after Sir Donald Smith, one of the chief promoters of the... | |
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This national park is certainly very high up in the air. The summer visitors who live at the base of the great mountains... 
