Proposed Expedition to Explore Ellesmere Land Northwest of Baffin Bay and to Rescue Björling and Kallstenius, Swedish Naturalists Lost in the ArcticGibson Bros., 1898 - 29 páginas |
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... population , and even within this area the people were gathered for the most part in a narrow fringe along the Atlantic seaboard . The largest city was New York , with a population of 33,000 - i . e . , it was about as large as the ...
... population , and even within this area the people were gathered for the most part in a narrow fringe along the Atlantic seaboard . The largest city was New York , with a population of 33,000 - i . e . , it was about as large as the ...
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Robert Stein. Yonkers or Youngstown of today . Waterbury , Connecticut , with a population of 29,000 , is a little larger than was Phila- delphia in 1790. Boston contained a population of 18,000 ; Charleston , South Carolina , 16,000 ...
Robert Stein. Yonkers or Youngstown of today . Waterbury , Connecticut , with a population of 29,000 , is a little larger than was Phila- delphia in 1790. Boston contained a population of 18,000 ; Charleston , South Carolina , 16,000 ...
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... population of 1,400 , was a fur - trading station , while western Georgia was still in posses- sion of the Indians called Creeks , " the most warlike tribe this side the Mississippi . " 66 " The White mountains , " he tells us , are the ...
... population of 1,400 , was a fur - trading station , while western Georgia was still in posses- sion of the Indians called Creeks , " the most warlike tribe this side the Mississippi . " 66 " The White mountains , " he tells us , are the ...
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... population to go there . I thank God for his mercy in placing the Rocky mountains there . " A writer in the Westminster Review , in 1846 , thus describes the great plains of Nebraska , Kansas , and Oklahoma : " From the valley of the ...
... population to go there . I thank God for his mercy in placing the Rocky mountains there . " A writer in the Westminster Review , in 1846 , thus describes the great plains of Nebraska , Kansas , and Oklahoma : " From the valley of the ...
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... population has , as yet , not been ascertained , and is estimated at upwards of 35,000 . The European or foreign popu- lation does not exceed half that number . The murderous proclivities of the aborigines of New Caledonia , and many of ...
... population has , as yet , not been ascertained , and is estimated at upwards of 35,000 . The European or foreign popu- lation does not exceed half that number . The murderous proclivities of the aborigines of New Caledonia , and many of ...
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Página 9 - That whenever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction parallel to the coast from the 56th degree of north latitude to the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above mentioned...
Página 9 - Greenwich,) the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the...
Página 234 - the western limits of the republic should be drawn, and the statue of the fabled god Terminus should be raised upon its highest peak, never to be thrown down.
Página 3 - Spanish galleons and the rich Spanish cities. Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, and other navigators, aided by Queen Elizabeth, with bands of buccaneers, refugees from all countries, though mostly Englishmen, explored the recesses of the Caribbean Sea. crossed the Isthmus of Panama, and launched their little vessels on the Pacific.
Página 234 - How are you going to apply steam ? Have you made anything like an estimate of the cost of a railroad running from here to the mouth of the Columbia?
Página 11 - Columbus were decked only at the prow and stern, and the three were manned by 120 men. The armada of Queen Elizabeth was formed of merchant vessels fitted up as men-of-war, and not until the time of Charles I were there any regular ships of war in England or, probably, in other countries. Commerce was usually carried on by companies, with rules regulating the quantity of goods to be exported, so that the market should not be over-stocked and unremunerative prices obtained.
Página 234 - Why, sir, of what use will this be for agricultural purposes ? I would not for that purpose give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I wish to God we did not own it.