The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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... prosperity , is coal . It is of cretaceous age , and therefore inferior to that of England and Pennsylvania , but yet much superior to any other found on the Pacific coast , which is of still later geological date . At present it is ...
... prosperity , is coal . It is of cretaceous age , and therefore inferior to that of England and Pennsylvania , but yet much superior to any other found on the Pacific coast , which is of still later geological date . At present it is ...
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... prosperity of the northern " European " are fast getting filled up . Still , on the other hand , it must be remembered that many tracts which are at present despised as being too far from market , or too costly to bring into cultivation ...
... prosperity of the northern " European " are fast getting filled up . Still , on the other hand , it must be remembered that many tracts which are at present despised as being too far from market , or too costly to bring into cultivation ...
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... prosperity and trade of nations , more powerful than that exercised during the same period by kingdoms whose subjects are numbered by millions , whose history dates back through millions of years , and whose present stock of wealth ...
... prosperity and trade of nations , more powerful than that exercised during the same period by kingdoms whose subjects are numbered by millions , whose history dates back through millions of years , and whose present stock of wealth ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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