Encyclopædia 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-lexicon, Volum 4Francis Lieber Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1830 |
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Pàgina 48
... island wasted by fire , sword and pestilence , were compelled to remove , on penalty of death , to a barren tract of the province of Connaught , which was divided among them ; the rest of the island became the property of the con ...
... island wasted by fire , sword and pestilence , were compelled to remove , on penalty of death , to a barren tract of the province of Connaught , which was divided among them ; the rest of the island became the property of the con ...
Pàgina 51
... island of Retusari , in the gulf of Finland , two miles from the coast of Ingria , and eight from that of Carelia , at the mouth of the Neva . It was founded by Peter I in 1710. Some of the streets are tolerably regular ; but the houses ...
... island of Retusari , in the gulf of Finland , two miles from the coast of Ingria , and eight from that of Carelia , at the mouth of the Neva . It was founded by Peter I in 1710. Some of the streets are tolerably regular ; but the houses ...
Pàgina 62
... island in the West Indies , belonging to Denmark , the most southerly of the Virgin isles ; lat . 17 ° 45 ′ N .; lon . 64 ° 35 ′ W. It is about 24 miles in length , with an area of 84 square miles , and contains 33,000 in- habitants ...
... island in the West Indies , belonging to Denmark , the most southerly of the Virgin isles ; lat . 17 ° 45 ′ N .; lon . 64 ° 35 ′ W. It is about 24 miles in length , with an area of 84 square miles , and contains 33,000 in- habitants ...
Pàgina 65
... island of St. Domingo , 34 south from point Morant , in Jamaica , 27 east from cape Catoche , and 37 south from cape Florida . The gulf of Mexico , which is very nearly of a circular form , of more than 250 leagues in circumference , is ...
... island of St. Domingo , 34 south from point Morant , in Jamaica , 27 east from cape Catoche , and 37 south from cape Florida . The gulf of Mexico , which is very nearly of a circular form , of more than 250 leagues in circumference , is ...
Pàgina 66
... island are well known to be unhealthy ; but this is not the case with the mountains . Among the animals indigenous in the island or the surround- ing sea , are the cayman or alligator ( q . v . ) , the manati or sea cow , the iguana ( a ...
... island are well known to be unhealthy ; but this is not the case with the mountains . Among the animals indigenous in the island or the surround- ing sea , are the cayman or alligator ( q . v . ) , the manati or sea cow , the iguana ( a ...
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Encyclopædia Americana, Volum 4 Francis Lieber,Edward Wigglesworth,Thomas Gamaliel Bradford,Henry Vethake Visualització completa - 1857 |
Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volum 4 Francis Lieber Visualització completa - 1851 |
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