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Page 326
... east , in the middle basin of the Lena , lies the Central Yakut Plain . The mountainous belts . Regions with markedly dis- sected mountainous relief lie in the south and east of Soviet Asia . The highest ranges occur in the Uzbek ...
... east , in the middle basin of the Lena , lies the Central Yakut Plain . The mountainous belts . Regions with markedly dis- sected mountainous relief lie in the south and east of Soviet Asia . The highest ranges occur in the Uzbek ...
Page 346
... Eastern Siberia and the Far East . It will also lessen reliance on the Trans - Siberian line , which , over much of its length , runs very close to the border with China . Traffic on many sections of the Soviet railway system is the ...
... Eastern Siberia and the Far East . It will also lessen reliance on the Trans - Siberian line , which , over much of its length , runs very close to the border with China . Traffic on many sections of the Soviet railway system is the ...
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... East India Company under charter of Queen Elizabeth , December 31 , 1600 , Capt . James Lan- caster , later Sir James , sailed for the East Indies . His ships returned to England in September 1603 with 1,000,000 pounds of pepper , which ...
... East India Company under charter of Queen Elizabeth , December 31 , 1600 , Capt . James Lan- caster , later Sir James , sailed for the East Indies . His ships returned to England in September 1603 with 1,000,000 pounds of pepper , which ...
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