A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical, Political, and Statistical Account of the World and Its Various Divisions, Том 5A. Fullarton & Company, 1832 |
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... amount to £ 1,500,000 . The chief article imported in return , is tea , of which Britain alone takes from 24,000,000 to 30,000,000 pounds weight annually ; the rest of the cargoes consist of nankeens and raw silk . The minor articles ...
... amount to £ 1,500,000 . The chief article imported in return , is tea , of which Britain alone takes from 24,000,000 to 30,000,000 pounds weight annually ; the rest of the cargoes consist of nankeens and raw silk . The minor articles ...
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... amounts to several thousands , among whom are persons of every situa- tion and condition of life . In this place , however , wealth and rank entitle their possessors to no other pre - eminence than that of treating the whole family ...
... amounts to several thousands , among whom are persons of every situa- tion and condition of life . In this place , however , wealth and rank entitle their possessors to no other pre - eminence than that of treating the whole family ...
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... amounts to 214 ; and , when once the difficulty of ascertaining them has been surmounted , the written language may be easily acquired . But as the characters have no sound , a knowledge of the written language does not secure any ...
... amounts to 214 ; and , when once the difficulty of ascertaining them has been surmounted , the written language may be easily acquired . But as the characters have no sound , a knowledge of the written language does not secure any ...
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... amount to £ 60,000,000 sterling ; but as the one has since been proved to have been greatly exag- gerated , no reliance can be placed on the other . Indeed , it is difficult to gain any faithful information on this subject . The ...
... amount to £ 60,000,000 sterling ; but as the one has since been proved to have been greatly exag- gerated , no reliance can be placed on the other . Indeed , it is difficult to gain any faithful information on this subject . The ...
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... amount of the revenue , whether in money or goods , and this must either arise from our ignorance of the actual amount of the Chinese re- venue , or from the great fluctuations in it . Military Force . ] Respecting this branch there is ...
... amount of the revenue , whether in money or goods , and this must either arise from our ignorance of the actual amount of the Chinese re- venue , or from the great fluctuations in it . Military Force . ] Respecting this branch there is ...
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abound according American Amoor animals appears Argoon Asia banks branch breadth British miles called Canada capital Cashmere Central Asia Changthang chief China Chinese climate coast Confucius contains course cultivation degree distance district Dutch dynasty eastern elevation Eluths emperor empire European extends extremity feet frontier Greenland Indians inhabitants island Jesuits Kaldan Kerlon Khagan Khalkhas Khan Khotan Klaproth Korea Ladauk lake lama land language Lassa latitude latter leagues length Lower Canada mandarins Mandshooria Mandshoors Marco Polo Mississippi Missouri Mongolian Mongols Mooz mountains mouth natives navigable North northern Oigoors Pekin Peking population possession prince principal province range region river sailed Seefaun ships shore side soil Soongaria southern Speetee square miles St Lawrence strait stream Sutluj Tang dynasty Tartars territory thence Tibet Tibetian tion Toola town tribes upper valley voyage western whole Yunnan
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