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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... nearly ninety miles in circumference , and abounds in fish . Five or six miles to the eastward of the city of San Salvador is the lake of Ylopango , about nine miles in length , and averaging three miles in breadth . Mr. Baily describes ...
... nearly ninety miles in circumference , and abounds in fish . Five or six miles to the eastward of the city of San Salvador is the lake of Ylopango , about nine miles in length , and averaging three miles in breadth . Mr. Baily describes ...
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... nearly 1,000 miles opened for traffic , and 209 were in course of construction , and nearly finished . The ships which visit Chili are also chiefly English . In 1875 , 2,491 English vessels entered Chilian ports , compared with 157 ...
... nearly 1,000 miles opened for traffic , and 209 were in course of construction , and nearly finished . The ships which visit Chili are also chiefly English . In 1875 , 2,491 English vessels entered Chilian ports , compared with 157 ...
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... nearly one - half of whom were Chinese , and the majority of the remainder English and Americans , though nearly every European nationality is represented . At Nagasaki there were 804 foreigners , of whom the English made up about one ...
... nearly one - half of whom were Chinese , and the majority of the remainder English and Americans , though nearly every European nationality is represented . At Nagasaki there were 804 foreigners , of whom the English made up about one ...
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