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Side 41
... eastern and western hemispheres , their relative amounts of land and water will be different . The north- ern hemisphere contains ( speaking approximatively as above ) 38,541,600 square miles of land , and 59,619,700 of water ; the ...
... eastern and western hemispheres , their relative amounts of land and water will be different . The north- ern hemisphere contains ( speaking approximatively as above ) 38,541,600 square miles of land , and 59,619,700 of water ; the ...
Side 42
... eastern contains by far the larger body of land ( 36,760,800 square miles ) , the western being only about one - third as large ( 13,628,000 square miles ) . America , the western , it will be seen , has no first - class island lying ...
... eastern contains by far the larger body of land ( 36,760,800 square miles ) , the western being only about one - third as large ( 13,628,000 square miles ) . America , the western , it will be seen , has no first - class island lying ...
Side 44
... eastern , which is pre- eminently the land - hemisphere . In America the proximity of immense masses of water causes a perceptible reduction of the heat as compared with the eastern hemisphere , where the land form prevails . And the ...
... eastern , which is pre- eminently the land - hemisphere . In America the proximity of immense masses of water causes a perceptible reduction of the heat as compared with the eastern hemisphere , where the land form prevails . And the ...
Side 45
... eastern and eastern coast of Asia , taking in China , Corea , Japan , and South Kamtchatka ; thence it turns southward , following the whole western shore of America to Cape Horn . This belt is broken at only two points ; a brief break ...
... eastern and eastern coast of Asia , taking in China , Corea , Japan , and South Kamtchatka ; thence it turns southward , following the whole western shore of America to Cape Horn . This belt is broken at only two points ; a brief break ...
Side 46
... eastern districts of the New World and the western districts of the Old , crosses the coast - belt at al- most right angles at the place of its sundering between Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope . If the contrast between the sea and ...
... eastern districts of the New World and the western districts of the Old , crosses the coast - belt at al- most right angles at the place of its sundering between Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope . If the contrast between the sea and ...
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