 ... under extraordinary difficulties. These were caused, partly by the localities, and partly by the ill-will and indolence of the inhabitants. The place selected for their operations was in an elevated valley between two principal chains of the Andes....  Revenge! - Side 3av Robert Barr - 1899 - 344 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 478 sider
...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 - 788 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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... | |
 | Frank George Carpenter - 1904 - 402 sider
...at the north and around the coast, but in the interior the mountains rise to a height of more than a mile and a half above the level of the sea, and they are so beautiful that Ceylon is called the "Pearl of the Eastern Seas." The Arabs had several... | |
 | Frank George Carpenter - 1922 - 518 sider
...from where the railway tunnel has been cut through from Switzerland to Italy. The glacier lies about a mile and a half above the level of the sea, and the stream is fed by many other milk-white glacial streams, as it dashes along down the mountains into... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1840 - 458 sider
...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... | |
 | 1922 - 1220 sider
...the main street of the city, and the great circle is more than halfway up its steep side. Its summit is a mile and a half above the level of the sea. Above the turn-around, the road will be a single-track or one-way road, spiraling three times round... | |
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