The Countries of the World: Being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and Peoples of the Globe, Volumes 3-4Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1892 |
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Page 87
... east or south - east . This arrangement is not accidental , but depends most probably on the inclination of the primary rocks , which , in all cases where their direction approaches to the north and south , seem to have the steepest ...
... east or south - east . This arrangement is not accidental , but depends most probably on the inclination of the primary rocks , which , in all cases where their direction approaches to the north and south , seem to have the steepest ...
Page 155
... east and west coasts were the tops of islands lying in an archi- pelago , like some of those with which we have already become familiar . These mountains , like those of other extensive land masses in the southern hemisphere , trend ...
... east and west coasts were the tops of islands lying in an archi- pelago , like some of those with which we have already become familiar . These mountains , like those of other extensive land masses in the southern hemisphere , trend ...
Page 156
... east mountain region , and uniting about lat . 31 ° south - east of the parallel of 141 ° east to form the main current , which , under the name mentioned , can be navigated during floods for 1,100 miles , and now and then all the year ...
... east mountain region , and uniting about lat . 31 ° south - east of the parallel of 141 ° east to form the main current , which , under the name mentioned , can be navigated during floods for 1,100 miles , and now and then all the year ...
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