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... River . In the early 1700s French fur traders began to nav- igate upstream . The first exploration of the river from its mouth to its headwaters was made in 1804-05 by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark . For many years commerce on the ...
... River . In the early 1700s French fur traders began to nav- igate upstream . The first exploration of the river from its mouth to its headwaters was made in 1804-05 by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark . For many years commerce on the ...
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... River , Polish and Czech ODRA , major river of northern Europe , flowing some 531 miles ( 854 km ) from its source in the Oder Mountains of the Hrubý Jeseník Range in the Czech Republic northwestward to the Baltic Sea . A brief ...
... River , Polish and Czech ODRA , major river of northern Europe , flowing some 531 miles ( 854 km ) from its source in the Oder Mountains of the Hrubý Jeseník Range in the Czech Republic northwestward to the Baltic Sea . A brief ...
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... River . In 1848 the British annexed the territory between the Orange and Vaal rivers , proclaiming it the Orange River Sovereignty over the resistance of the Boer general An- dries Pretorius . The British proved unable to build an ...
... River . In 1848 the British annexed the territory between the Orange and Vaal rivers , proclaiming it the Orange River Sovereignty over the resistance of the Boer general An- dries Pretorius . The British proved unable to build an ...
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