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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... shore lines , the flood plain of the Missis- sippi , the Great Plains of the West , the effect of local topography on general winds , and the features of arctic climate . In Chicago we find courses in physiography or genetic geography ...
... shore lines , the flood plain of the Missis- sippi , the Great Plains of the West , the effect of local topography on general winds , and the features of arctic climate . In Chicago we find courses in physiography or genetic geography ...
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... shore in parallel continuity beyond the reach of vision , next riveted the attention . This limestone barrier of fossil coral , were it not for occasional passes through it , would interpose an insurmountable obstacle from the outer sea ...
... shore in parallel continuity beyond the reach of vision , next riveted the attention . This limestone barrier of fossil coral , were it not for occasional passes through it , would interpose an insurmountable obstacle from the outer sea ...
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... shore of the pass inevitable , or , if overtaken by a calm in mid passage , a vessel would surely drift upon the lateral reefs . Navigators speak occasionally of encountering a singularly turbulent sea at the entrance , rolling over and ...
... shore of the pass inevitable , or , if overtaken by a calm in mid passage , a vessel would surely drift upon the lateral reefs . Navigators speak occasionally of encountering a singularly turbulent sea at the entrance , rolling over and ...
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... shore . At the acme of the tempest , the wind rushes from every point of the compass . Should it happen , as once it did in Noumea , in 1865 , that one finds himself in the magic centre of this mad whirl , he beholds the sky serenely ...
... shore . At the acme of the tempest , the wind rushes from every point of the compass . Should it happen , as once it did in Noumea , in 1865 , that one finds himself in the magic centre of this mad whirl , he beholds the sky serenely ...
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... shore line is , figuratively speaking , edged with a submarine fringe of coral rocks , extending for many leagues ... shores in dense groves to the water's edge , while the cocoa and betelnut trees , both varieties of the palm ...
... shore line is , figuratively speaking , edged with a submarine fringe of coral rocks , extending for many leagues ... shores in dense groves to the water's edge , while the cocoa and betelnut trees , both varieties of the palm ...
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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.