Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography. A New Ed.; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed. of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber Bazin and Ellsworth, 1859 |
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... miles from Elbing , into the Frische Haff ; the western divides again , about nine miles above Dantzic , into two branches , of which the western flows into the Baltic at Weichselmunde , near Dantzic ; the eastern , by many small chan ...
... miles from Elbing , into the Frische Haff ; the western divides again , about nine miles above Dantzic , into two branches , of which the western flows into the Baltic at Weichselmunde , near Dantzic ; the eastern , by many small chan ...
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... miles north- west of Rome ; lon . 12 ° 6 ' E .; lat . 42 ° 25 N .; population , 12,600 . This city is a bishop's see , and lies in a beautiful and fertile valley the streets , for the greater part , are broad and well paved , the houses ...
... miles north- west of Rome ; lon . 12 ° 6 ' E .; lat . 42 ° 25 N .; population , 12,600 . This city is a bishop's see , and lies in a beautiful and fertile valley the streets , for the greater part , are broad and well paved , the houses ...
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... miles , and is also called the circle of Neustadt . The chief town is Plauen . It contains some mountainous and woody districts , and in some parts is well adapted for pasturage and tillage . The most remarkable peculiarity is the pearl ...
... miles , and is also called the circle of Neustadt . The chief town is Plauen . It contains some mountainous and woody districts , and in some parts is well adapted for pasturage and tillage . The most remarkable peculiarity is the pearl ...
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... miles from south to north , turns off in a side direction in Mexico , and is prolonged in a great plateau , between the eighteenth and twenty - second degrees of north latitude . The plateau in question owes its present form to the ...
... miles from south to north , turns off in a side direction in Mexico , and is prolonged in a great plateau , between the eighteenth and twenty - second degrees of north latitude . The plateau in question owes its present form to the ...
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... miles , from the Cas- pian sea to the Azores , including within its limits the greater part of the Medi- terranean and its most prominent penin- sulas . From south to north , it reaches from about the thirty - fifth to the forty- fifth ...
... miles , from the Cas- pian sea to the Azores , including within its limits the greater part of the Medi- terranean and its most prominent penin- sulas . From south to north , it reaches from about the thirty - fifth to the forty- fifth ...
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