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 83
... Mountains , is the chief mountain system of South America , and extends almost from Cape Horn to the Isthmus of Panama , running approximately in 72nd meridian of longitude during the whole of that immense distance , like the Rocky ...
... Mountains , is the chief mountain system of South America , and extends almost from Cape Horn to the Isthmus of Panama , running approximately in 72nd meridian of longitude during the whole of that immense distance , like the Rocky ...
Page 291
... mountains bordering the plains have a stony , uncultivable appearance . As you penetrate up the valleys into the mountains , everything appears barren , except the few green fields near the streams , where irrigating canals spread ...
... mountains bordering the plains have a stony , uncultivable appearance . As you penetrate up the valleys into the mountains , everything appears barren , except the few green fields near the streams , where irrigating canals spread ...
Page 155
... mountain chains parallel to the 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 ...
... mountain chains parallel to the 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 ...
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