A Compendious and Complete System of Modern Geography: Or, A View of the Present State of the World. Being a Faithful Abridgement of the American Universal Geography (edition of 1812) with Corrections and Additions ... |
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... Spain 478 Vera Cruz Spanish America 269 Vermont Guiana 327 Vernon mount Spitzbergen 73 Vesuvius mount Spice islands 610 Vienna St. Bartholomew 305 Vincennes St. Christophers 306 Virginia St. Lucia 310 Virgin isles St. Martin's 305 ...
... Spain 478 Vera Cruz Spanish America 269 Vermont Guiana 327 Vernon mount Spitzbergen 73 Vesuvius mount Spice islands 610 Vienna St. Bartholomew 305 Vincennes St. Christophers 306 Virginia St. Lucia 310 Virgin isles St. Martin's 305 ...
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... Spain , and so through Gaul into Italy , the Romans measured or surveyed all these places with the greatest care . lius Cæsar caused a general survey to be made of the whole Ro- man empire , by a decree of the senate . Three surveyors ...
... Spain , and so through Gaul into Italy , the Romans measured or surveyed all these places with the greatest care . lius Cæsar caused a general survey to be made of the whole Ro- man empire , by a decree of the senate . Three surveyors ...
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... Spain ; the former being at $ 5 degrees west longitude , and the latter at 100 degrees west longitude . Note . By this problem you may likewise sce at one view , in dis- tant countries , where the inhabitants are rising , where ...
... Spain ; the former being at $ 5 degrees west longitude , and the latter at 100 degrees west longitude . Note . By this problem you may likewise sce at one view , in dis- tant countries , where the inhabitants are rising , where ...
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... Spain , under the auspices of Ferdinand and Isabella , the sovereigns of Castile and Arragon . His armament consisted of three vessels ; the largest , the Santa Maria , a ship of no considerable burden , was commanded by Columbus as ...
... Spain , under the auspices of Ferdinand and Isabella , the sovereigns of Castile and Arragon . His armament consisted of three vessels ; the largest , the Santa Maria , a ship of no considerable burden , was commanded by Columbus as ...
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... Spain in chains !!! 1500. Pedro Alvarez Cabral , on a voyage to the East - Indies , dis Covered Brazil . 1502. Columbus made his fourth and last voyage . He discov- ered the bay of Honduras , and coasted thence easterly 200 leagues , as ...
... Spain in chains !!! 1500. Pedro Alvarez Cabral , on a voyage to the East - Indies , dis Covered Brazil . 1502. Columbus made his fourth and last voyage . He discov- ered the bay of Honduras , and coasted thence easterly 200 leagues , as ...
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