Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New Plan, According to the Great Natural Divisions of the Globe, Volume 5A. Finley, 1832 |
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... chain of the Hartz , which rises like an island in the midst of the territory . The mountains that form the chain are mostly composed of granite , and they are more preci- pitous on the south than on the north . All of them are not ...
... chain of the Hartz , which rises like an island in the midst of the territory . The mountains that form the chain are mostly composed of granite , and they are more preci- pitous on the south than on the north . All of them are not ...
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... chain of the Hartz is about seventy - five miles in length , and twenty in breadth . Steep summits , valleys , woods and marshes form a natural labyrinth , from which it is almost impossible for a stranger to extricate himself without a ...
... chain of the Hartz is about seventy - five miles in length , and twenty in breadth . Steep summits , valleys , woods and marshes form a natural labyrinth , from which it is almost impossible for a stranger to extricate himself without a ...
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... chains . The Ebbe | Soil . mountains that extend from east to west , are the natural limits on the south . To these ... chain , such as the Lenne and the Ruhr , that unite and throw themselves into the Rhine ; the Lippe , that conveys ...
... chains . The Ebbe | Soil . mountains that extend from east to west , are the natural limits on the south . To these ... chain , such as the Lenne and the Ruhr , that unite and throw themselves into the Rhine ; the Lippe , that conveys ...
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... chains , are much prized ; the copper , of which these different articles are made , is ob- tained from four foundries in the neighbourhood . Besides what has been already enumerated , the paper , velvet and silk manufactories of the ...
... chains , are much prized ; the copper , of which these different articles are made , is ob- tained from four foundries in the neighbourhood . Besides what has been already enumerated , the paper , velvet and silk manufactories of the ...
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... chains of volcanic mountains , that rise near calcareous rocks , such as were formed in the depths of the primitive ocean , which has left so many traces on the surface of the earth . Volcanic Eyfel Gebirge . I The most important of ...
... chains of volcanic mountains , that rise near calcareous rocks , such as were formed in the depths of the primitive ocean , which has left so many traces on the surface of the earth . Volcanic Eyfel Gebirge . I The most important of ...
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