The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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... square miles . Eastern Roumelia , Bulgaria , Bosnia , and Herzegovina -the two last at present in the occupation of Austria - make up another 66,000 square miles of the peninsula , while Servia , Montenegro , and the petty territory of ...
... square miles . Eastern Roumelia , Bulgaria , Bosnia , and Herzegovina -the two last at present in the occupation of Austria - make up another 66,000 square miles of the peninsula , while Servia , Montenegro , and the petty territory of ...
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... square mile , or ten times less than England and five times less than France . In reality it comprises some 2,096,000 square miles , forty times the area of England , and more than all the other States of Europe combined . From north to ...
... square mile , or ten times less than England and five times less than France . In reality it comprises some 2,096,000 square miles , forty times the area of England , and more than all the other States of Europe combined . From north to ...
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... square if there is a square - and the inhabitants who go abroad at night must arm themselves with lanterns , since the streets are only lighted with a few oil lamps , which serve little more than to confuse the eye . Sir D. Wallace ...
... square if there is a square - and the inhabitants who go abroad at night must arm themselves with lanterns , since the streets are only lighted with a few oil lamps , which serve little more than to confuse the eye . Sir D. Wallace ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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