The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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... Republic and Mexico , being worsted , temporarily acknowledged Texan inde- pendence . Later she repented her action in so doing , but by this time the Republic had been recognised by the United States and several of the European powers ...
... Republic and Mexico , being worsted , temporarily acknowledged Texan inde- pendence . Later she repented her action in so doing , but by this time the Republic had been recognised by the United States and several of the European powers ...
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... Republic in 1918 the Council of the People's Commissioners assumed the Government ; the reigning Princes and the various Federal States either abdicated or were deposed and a National Assembly was summoned in 1919 , when the first ...
... Republic in 1918 the Council of the People's Commissioners assumed the Government ; the reigning Princes and the various Federal States either abdicated or were deposed and a National Assembly was summoned in 1919 , when the first ...
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... Republic T HE Chekho - Slovakian Republic comprises the former Austrian provinces of Bohemia , Moravia , part of Silesia and Slovakia , with a total area of some 54,000 square miles and a population of 13,610,000 . Being Slavs , the ...
... Republic T HE Chekho - Slovakian Republic comprises the former Austrian provinces of Bohemia , Moravia , part of Silesia and Slovakia , with a total area of some 54,000 square miles and a population of 13,610,000 . Being Slavs , the ...
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INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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