The United States, Том 1E. Stanford, 1898 - 466 страница |
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... Mexico . This work will be confined to a description of the United States , the largest , most populous , wealthiest , and , in many respects , the most highly civilised of the nations of Anerica . B The United States is in two parts ...
... Mexico . This work will be confined to a description of the United States , the largest , most populous , wealthiest , and , in many respects , the most highly civilised of the nations of Anerica . B The United States is in two parts ...
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... Mexico . Its area is 3,025,600 square miles . It lies entirely within the North Temperate Zone , and yet with its wide range of latitude , its great extent , its variety of topographic features , it exhibits a wide range of climate and ...
... Mexico . Its area is 3,025,600 square miles . It lies entirely within the North Temperate Zone , and yet with its wide range of latitude , its great extent , its variety of topographic features , it exhibits a wide range of climate and ...
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... Mexico TORRID ZONE OCEA N m Florida Halifax Portland Boston New York Delaware R. Chesapeake Bay Albemarle Sound Pamlico Sound ATLANTIC OCEAN Isthmus of Panama SCALE OF STATUTE MILES 1000 800 800 400 200 0 1000 Stanford's Geng Estab ...
... Mexico TORRID ZONE OCEA N m Florida Halifax Portland Boston New York Delaware R. Chesapeake Bay Albemarle Sound Pamlico Sound ATLANTIC OCEAN Isthmus of Panama SCALE OF STATUTE MILES 1000 800 800 400 200 0 1000 Stanford's Geng Estab ...
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... Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean . The Gulf coast trends nearly east and west , turning sharply to the south at the east and west sides of the Gulf . Like the South Atlantic coast , it is low and sandy or marshy , often with reefs ...
... Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean . The Gulf coast trends nearly east and west , turning sharply to the south at the east and west sides of the Gulf . Like the South Atlantic coast , it is low and sandy or marshy , often with reefs ...
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... Mexico . The north - western part is drained eastward by the chain of the Great Lakes to the Atlantic , while a small portion is drained northward by Red River to Hudson Bay . The eastern part of this region is diversified by low hills ...
... Mexico . The north - western part is drained eastward by the chain of the Great Lakes to the Atlantic , while a small portion is drained northward by Red River to Hudson Bay . The eastern part of this region is diversified by low hills ...
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Страница 423 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and 133d degree of west longitude (meridian of 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 56th degree of north latitude...
Страница 423 - North latitude, and between the 131st and the 133d degree of West longitude (Meridian of 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...
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