A Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America: From the Period of Their First Colonization to the Present Day, Volume 1A. Constable and Company, 1819 - Indians of North America |
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... length , from Maine to Baton Rouge , be- ing about 1700 miles , and its greatest breadth , from Cape Fear to the Wabash , about 650. Its form may be compared to that of a slender cone , with the angles of its base broken off ; and it ...
... length , from Maine to Baton Rouge , be- ing about 1700 miles , and its greatest breadth , from Cape Fear to the Wabash , about 650. Its form may be compared to that of a slender cone , with the angles of its base broken off ; and it ...
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... length and breadth than its height . Perhaps there is no tract of country in the world , that preserves the mountain character over so great a space , with so small an elevation . The mean height of the Alleg- hanies Proper , is only ...
... length and breadth than its height . Perhaps there is no tract of country in the world , that preserves the mountain character over so great a space , with so small an elevation . The mean height of the Alleg- hanies Proper , is only ...
Page xxiv
... length , to an eleva- tion perhaps of 1200 or 1400 feet , without the help of canals or locks . The situation of Europe , as to in- land navigation , is extremely different . The Danube , the largest river in its southern division ...
... length , to an eleva- tion perhaps of 1200 or 1400 feet , without the help of canals or locks . The situation of Europe , as to in- land navigation , is extremely different . The Danube , the largest river in its southern division ...
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... length , and their rate of descent must , therefore , be , generally speaking , but one - fourth of that of the others . Yet the Alleghany chain , though so much lower than the European mountains , exceeds them all in length , and ...
... length , and their rate of descent must , therefore , be , generally speaking , but one - fourth of that of the others . Yet the Alleghany chain , though so much lower than the European mountains , exceeds them all in length , and ...
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... length is unde- " termined , because it is unknown . Nevertheless , the source " of the Mississippi will throw some light on this head . " + The Map of Dupratz , which accompanies his work , includes all that part of Louisiana now known ...
... length is unde- " termined , because it is unknown . Nevertheless , the source " of the Mississippi will throw some light on this head . " + The Map of Dupratz , which accompanies his work , includes all that part of Louisiana now known ...
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