Modern Geography: A Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Colonies; with the Oceans, Seas, and Isles; in All Parts of the World: Including the Most Recent Discoveries, and Political Alterations. Digested on a New Plan, Volum 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1817 |
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Side xxi
... styled geographers , D'Anville had the title and pension of Geographer to the King , and enjoyed the advantages as well as the glory attached to his talents . His most important maps and memoirs appeared be- tween 1740 and 1770. One of ...
... styled geographers , D'Anville had the title and pension of Geographer to the King , and enjoyed the advantages as well as the glory attached to his talents . His most important maps and memoirs appeared be- tween 1740 and 1770. One of ...
Side xxiii
... styled , a good description of the world before it was made . This compilation of a Danish youth , baptized with the name of Mentelle , was oddly enough styled the French Geography , and loudly trumpeted in opposition to this work ...
... styled , a good description of the world before it was made . This compilation of a Danish youth , baptized with the name of Mentelle , was oddly enough styled the French Geography , and loudly trumpeted in opposition to this work ...
Side 1
... styled systems of the earth , which have consumed the labours of many ingenious men , have no connection with the solid science of geology , but ought rather to be styled cosmogonies , or ideal creations of planets . But Geography ...
... styled systems of the earth , which have consumed the labours of many ingenious men , have no connection with the solid science of geology , but ought rather to be styled cosmogonies , or ideal creations of planets . But Geography ...
Side 3
... styled bassins , or basons , by a term of little dignity . They may as well be called concavities ; while , on the other hand , the chief convexities or protu- berances of the globe , by the French styled plateaux , consist of elevated ...
... styled bassins , or basons , by a term of little dignity . They may as well be called concavities ; while , on the other hand , the chief convexities or protu- berances of the globe , by the French styled plateaux , consist of elevated ...
Side 4
... styled the father of geography , begins indeed with Europe , but describes Africa before Asia . Before proceeding more minutely to consider the several kingdoms and states comprised in this great division of the globe , it will be ...
... styled the father of geography , begins indeed with Europe , but describes Africa before Asia . Before proceeding more minutely to consider the several kingdoms and states comprised in this great division of the globe , it will be ...
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Modern Geography: A Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States ..., Volum 1 John Pinkerton Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1811 |
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