| Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...by the States of the church, and on all other sides by the Adriatic and Mediterranean : from Sicily it is separated by the strait of Messina, which in the narrowest part is not more than two miles broad. It extends from 13° to 19° K. Ion. and from 37° 50' to 42° 56' N.... | |
| Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...by the States of the church, and on all other sides bj the Adriatic and Mediterranean : from Sicily it is separated by the strait of Messina, which in the narrowest part is not more than two miles broad. It extends from 13° to 19° E. Ion. and from 37° 50' to 42° 55' N.... | |
| Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - Readers - 1864 - 444 pages
...(sis'si-le,) the largest, most fruitful, and most populous island in the Mediterranean Sea, lies to the south of Italy, from which it is separated by the strait of Messina, which, in the narrowest part, is only two miles wide. A chain of mount* ahifl extends through it from east to west ; but the most elevated... | |
| J. J. Hooke - 1867 - 280 pages
...who live by begging and roguery, are very numerous here. Where is the island of Sicily ? To the south of Italy, from which it is separated by the strait of Messina. This island was formerly called Trinacria, from its triangular shape. It was so fertile, that it was... | |
| John Richardson (vicar of St. Mary's hospital, Ilford.) - Geography - 1880 - 320 pages
...Capri, off the W. coast. Obs. 1. Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean, lies at the SW point of Italy, from which it is separated by the Strait of Messina. Its area is 11,290 m., its population 2,584,099. The coasts are bold, rocky, and regular ; their most... | |
| William Henry Chandler - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1898 - 630 pages
...joined to the kingdom of Italy. See SICILY. Sicily. Island in the Mediterranean, off the extremity of Italy, from which it is separated by the Strait of Messina. Originally held by Sicani or Siculi, it was partly colonized by Phoenicians 800 BC or earlier, and... | |
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