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... branches . Hence , though the Manual embraces some other original features , it was the intimate connection subsisting between rivers and towns that led to its production , and that forms the principal basis on which it rests . While ...
... branches . Hence , though the Manual embraces some other original features , it was the intimate connection subsisting between rivers and towns that led to its production , and that forms the principal basis on which it rests . While ...
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... branches - viz . , Ancient Geography , which embraces the lengthened period intervening between the earliest dawn of history and the fall of the Roman Empire ; and Modern Geo- graphy , which extends from that event to the present time ...
... branches - viz . , Ancient Geography , which embraces the lengthened period intervening between the earliest dawn of history and the fall of the Roman Empire ; and Modern Geo- graphy , which extends from that event to the present time ...
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... Branches of the Atlantic are the Baltic , the North Sea , the Irish Sea , the English Channel , the Bay of Biscay , the Mediterranean , and the Gulf of Guinea , on the east side ; and Hudson Bay , Gulf of St Lawrence , Gulf of Mexico ...
... Branches of the Atlantic are the Baltic , the North Sea , the Irish Sea , the English Channel , the Bay of Biscay , the Mediterranean , and the Gulf of Guinea , on the east side ; and Hudson Bay , Gulf of St Lawrence , Gulf of Mexico ...
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... Branches being , Behring Sea , or the Sea of Kamtschatka , the Gulf of California , and Bay of Panama ; while of those on its western side the chief are , the Sea of Okhotsk , Sea of Japan , Yellow Sea , China Sea , and Gulf of Siam ...
... Branches being , Behring Sea , or the Sea of Kamtschatka , the Gulf of California , and Bay of Panama ; while of those on its western side the chief are , the Sea of Okhotsk , Sea of Japan , Yellow Sea , China Sea , and Gulf of Siam ...
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... Branches which it sends into the land , espe- cially on its northern frontier . The principal of these are the Bay of Bengal ; the Arabian Sea , with its members , the Gulf of Kachh , Gulf of Oman , and the Persian Gulf ; the Gulf of ...
... Branches which it sends into the land , espe- cially on its northern frontier . The principal of these are the Bay of Bengal ; the Arabian Sea , with its members , the Gulf of Kachh , Gulf of Oman , and the Persian Gulf ; the Gulf of ...
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Manual of modern geography, mathematical, physical, and political Alexander Mackay Vista completa - 1861 |
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Manual of modern geography, mathematical, physical, and political Alexander Mackay Vista completa - 1861 |
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