Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time : Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography, on the Basis of the 7th Ed. of the German Conversations-LexiconFrancis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829 |
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Pàgina 16
... mountains are covered with snow from October to April . Thick woods crown the eminences ; the valleys only are productive ; and even they ( as the inhabitants are mostly shepherds ) afford but a very scanty supply of grain . Almond ...
... mountains are covered with snow from October to April . Thick woods crown the eminences ; the valleys only are productive ; and even they ( as the inhabitants are mostly shepherds ) afford but a very scanty supply of grain . Almond ...
Pàgina 17
... mountains , a terror to the Romans ; and the subsequent petty commotions , in 1806 , partook too much of the ... mountainous region are generally banditti , who render the frontiers of Na- ples and of the territories of the church ...
... mountains , a terror to the Romans ; and the subsequent petty commotions , in 1806 , partook too much of the ... mountainous region are generally banditti , who render the frontiers of Na- ples and of the territories of the church ...
Pàgina 18
... mountain in Africa , one of the pillars of Hercules , as they were anciently called ; being directly opposite to Calpe , ( now Gibraltar , ) in Spain , from which it is distant only 18 miles . Between these mountains are the straits of ...
... mountain in Africa , one of the pillars of Hercules , as they were anciently called ; being directly opposite to Calpe , ( now Gibraltar , ) in Spain , from which it is distant only 18 miles . Between these mountains are the straits of ...
Pàgina 20
... mountains , in which the Nile takes its rise . The climate , on the whole , is fine , and the soil exceed- ingly fertile . The vegetable and animal kingdoms are very rich , and afford many species peculiar to this country . One of the ...
... mountains , in which the Nile takes its rise . The climate , on the whole , is fine , and the soil exceed- ingly fertile . The vegetable and animal kingdoms are very rich , and afford many species peculiar to this country . One of the ...
Pàgina 31
... mountains are fertile . The Achanese are stouter , taller and darker - colored than the other people of the island , more in- dustrious , have more general knowledge , and deal , as merchants , in a more liberal manner . They are ...
... mountains are fertile . The Achanese are stouter , taller and darker - colored than the other people of the island , more in- dustrious , have more general knowledge , and deal , as merchants , in a more liberal manner . They are ...
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Encyclopaedia Americana. A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volum 1 Visualització completa - 1849 |
Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volum 1 Francis Lieber Visualització completa - 1836 |
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