Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon Including AllBritish India, the Portuguese and French Possessions, and the Indian StatesJ. Murray, 1892 |
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Page xxvi
... erect St. Paul's Church on its site . The Anglo- Bavarian Auberge is the headquarters of the regiment stationed at St. Elmo . The Military Hospital has the largest room in Europe , 480 ft . long , erected in 1628 by Grand Master ...
... erect St. Paul's Church on its site . The Anglo- Bavarian Auberge is the headquarters of the regiment stationed at St. Elmo . The Military Hospital has the largest room in Europe , 480 ft . long , erected in 1628 by Grand Master ...
Page xxvii
... erected on an islet at the mouth of the bay . Also the Carthaginian or Phoenician ruins at Hagiar Chem , properly Hajar Kaim , " upright stone , " near the village of Casal Crendi , 11⁄2 hour's drive from Valetta . These ruins ...
... erected on an islet at the mouth of the bay . Also the Carthaginian or Phoenician ruins at Hagiar Chem , properly Hajar Kaim , " upright stone , " near the village of Casal Crendi , 11⁄2 hour's drive from Valetta . These ruins ...
Page xxxiv
... erected . And lastly , the light on Perim Island in the Bab - el - Mandeb . The most important ports of Arabia on the Red Sea are Yenbo , lat . 24 ° N. , the port of Medina , 130 m . to the E. The town is sur- rounded by a wall 12 ft ...
... erected . And lastly , the light on Perim Island in the Bab - el - Mandeb . The most important ports of Arabia on the Red Sea are Yenbo , lat . 24 ° N. , the port of Medina , 130 m . to the E. The town is sur- rounded by a wall 12 ft ...
Page xxxv
... erected a high cross on an eminence , and called it the island of Vera Cruz , by which name it is shown on old Admiralty charts . Afterwards it was occupied by pirates who in vain dug for water . In 1799 the East India Company took ...
... erected a high cross on an eminence , and called it the island of Vera Cruz , by which name it is shown on old Admiralty charts . Afterwards it was occupied by pirates who in vain dug for water . In 1799 the East India Company took ...
Page xxxvi
... erected some buildings , and have a hulk for coaling vessels . Throughout the Red Sea enormous coral reefs run along the coasts in broken lines parallel to the shores , but not connected with them . They usually rise out of deep water ...
... erected some buildings , and have a hulk for coaling vessels . Throughout the Red Sea enormous coral reefs run along the coasts in broken lines parallel to the shores , but not connected with them . They usually rise out of deep water ...
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