The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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... west , though we have no settled point from which we calculate east or west , every nation selecting their own first meridian , or point from which they calculate . In English maps and globes the first meridian is a line supposed to ...
... west , though we have no settled point from which we calculate east or west , every nation selecting their own first meridian , or point from which they calculate . In English maps and globes the first meridian is a line supposed to ...
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... West Greenland , though the species are fewer . Seven species of plants have , however , been found in East Greenland which are unknown in the West . The general character of the flora of West Greenland I have already noted . It ...
... West Greenland , though the species are fewer . Seven species of plants have , however , been found in East Greenland which are unknown in the West . The general character of the flora of West Greenland I have already noted . It ...
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... West , or Pacific region . But it is only when we consider the United States that we see the marked character of these three great geographical regions of the Northern portion of the Continent . Accordingly , we may arrange what we have ...
... West , or Pacific region . But it is only when we consider the United States that we see the marked character of these three great geographical regions of the Northern portion of the Continent . Accordingly , we may arrange what we have ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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