Comparative geography, tr. [from Allgemeine Erdkunde] by W.L. Gage1865 |
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... begins the first popular division of the planets , - those that are within and those which are without our own orbit . This is one of the most simple of discrimina- tions , one which we inherit from the ancients in an unmo- dified form ...
... begins the first popular division of the planets , - those that are within and those which are without our own orbit . This is one of the most simple of discrimina- tions , one which we inherit from the ancients in an unmo- dified form ...
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... begins his daily course ; it is the cradle of man , of nations , of dynasties of every sort , in politics , religion , and science . All the old royal houses came into Europe from the East ; they are all " children of the sun , " no ...
... begins his daily course ; it is the cradle of man , of nations , of dynasties of every sort , in politics , religion , and science . All the old royal houses came into Europe from the East ; they are all " children of the sun , " no ...
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... begins the great group of circumpolar islands . The break between Asia and North America , at Behr- ing Strait , is but fifty - six miles wide ; it is the mere out- let of the Sea of Kamtchatka into the Arctic Ocean SITUATION OF THE ...
... begins the great group of circumpolar islands . The break between Asia and North America , at Behr- ing Strait , is but fifty - six miles wide ; it is the mere out- let of the Sea of Kamtchatka into the Arctic Ocean SITUATION OF THE ...
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... begins a new period in the history of man and of nations in their civil relations . The enlargement of territory occasioned by it was not greater than the enlargement of the bounds of thought . The Old World had been developed earliest ...
... begins a new period in the history of man and of nations in their civil relations . The enlargement of territory occasioned by it was not greater than the enlargement of the bounds of thought . The Old World had been developed earliest ...
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... begins . There are constantly found modifications of these three transitional phases . The plains along the Indus and the Ganges rise sharply to the plateaus of Tibet . The flat Pacific coast of South America is ex- changed with equal ...
... begins . There are constantly found modifications of these three transitional phases . The plains along the Indus and the Ganges rise sharply to the plateaus of Tibet . The flat Pacific coast of South America is ex- changed with equal ...
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