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 126
... possession of the country in the name of his most Catholic Majesty . The possession was , however , short- lived , for next year Pedro Alvarez Cabral , admiral of a fleet sent by the King of Portugal to follow up the discoveries of ...
... possession of the country in the name of his most Catholic Majesty . The possession was , however , short- lived , for next year Pedro Alvarez Cabral , admiral of a fleet sent by the King of Portugal to follow up the discoveries of ...
Page 180
... possessed two horns . Its remains are found in France and Italy , and in the pre - glacial forest bed of Cromer , and ... possession of the male , and afterwards transferred by descent , in the case of all the Post - Miocene Rhinoceroses ...
... possessed two horns . Its remains are found in France and Italy , and in the pre - glacial forest bed of Cromer , and ... possession of the male , and afterwards transferred by descent , in the case of all the Post - Miocene Rhinoceroses ...
Page 254
... possession of them England raised no objections . The United States also recognised the Argentine claim ; only " perfidious Albion ' took possession of Argentine property , well knowing that the young Republic was engaged in civil war ...
... possession of them England raised no objections . The United States also recognised the Argentine claim ; only " perfidious Albion ' took possession of Argentine property , well knowing that the young Republic was engaged in civil war ...
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