The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 142
... islands are treated as a single geographic entity and are referred to as the Main Island , or Great Bermuda ( 14 miles [ 22.5 km ] long and 1 mile wide ) . The population in 1990 was estimated at 59,331 . The land . The coral islands of ...
... islands are treated as a single geographic entity and are referred to as the Main Island , or Great Bermuda ( 14 miles [ 22.5 km ] long and 1 mile wide ) . The population in 1990 was estimated at 59,331 . The land . The coral islands of ...
Page 794
... islands was completed in 1496 . The Canary Islands formed a single Span- ish metropolitan provincia until 1927 , when rivalry between the two ports , Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife , caused a division into two ...
... islands was completed in 1496 . The Canary Islands formed a single Span- ish metropolitan provincia until 1927 , when rivalry between the two ports , Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife , caused a division into two ...
Page 981
... islands lie in the path of Caribbean hurricanes . Mangrove swamp covers about 30 percent of the land area . A variety of commercially use- ful trees grow on the islands , among them co- conut palms , breadfruit , banana , and mango and ...
... islands lie in the path of Caribbean hurricanes . Mangrove swamp covers about 30 percent of the land area . A variety of commercially use- ful trees grow on the islands , among them co- conut palms , breadfruit , banana , and mango and ...
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Beckford detail from an oil painting | 107 |
John Hoppner c 1800 in the Salford | 234 |
To make the best use of the Britannica | 260 |
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