The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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... Mountains ... 173 In the Rocky Mountains 177 The Great Cave , Lake Superior 160 ... View of the " Rattlesnake Grade , " Pavillon Moun- tain , British Columbia ... Hunting the Prong - horned Antelope on the Eastern Slope of the Rocky ...
... Mountains ... 173 In the Rocky Mountains 177 The Great Cave , Lake Superior 160 ... View of the " Rattlesnake Grade , " Pavillon Moun- tain , British Columbia ... Hunting the Prong - horned Antelope on the Eastern Slope of the Rocky ...
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... Mountains , is equally sterile , and we have there an area somewhat larger than Spain or Portugal , unfit , save in a few favoured spots , for the permanent abode of civilised man . The south - eastern part of the plateau consists of an ...
... Mountains , is equally sterile , and we have there an area somewhat larger than Spain or Portugal , unfit , save in a few favoured spots , for the permanent abode of civilised man . The south - eastern part of the plateau consists of an ...
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... mountain ranges of the West may have served to foster . I refer to the idea that the Rocky Mountains , as seen by the ordinary traveller , form a lofty Alpine wall extending through the length of the continent . Sir Archibald Geikie ...
... mountain ranges of the West may have served to foster . I refer to the idea that the Rocky Mountains , as seen by the ordinary traveller , form a lofty Alpine wall extending through the length of the continent . Sir Archibald Geikie ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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