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... island . Columbus lingered among his islands for weeks and finally began his crossing on April 20. On June 11 his ships - the first two American vessels to arrive in Eu- rope - cast anchor at Cádiz . Third voyage . Columbus chose to ...
... island . Columbus lingered among his islands for weeks and finally began his crossing on April 20. On June 11 his ships - the first two American vessels to arrive in Eu- rope - cast anchor at Cádiz . Third voyage . Columbus chose to ...
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... islands that form a typical island arc- mark a zone where a part of the floor of the North Atlantic Ocean underthrusts that of the Caribbean Sea namely , the Caribbean Plate . This plate has moved east relative to both North and South ...
... islands that form a typical island arc- mark a zone where a part of the floor of the North Atlantic Ocean underthrusts that of the Caribbean Sea namely , the Caribbean Plate . This plate has moved east relative to both North and South ...
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... Islands and then southwestward down the peninsula of Kamchatka in northeastern Siberia and along the Kuril Islands to Japan . The Pacific Plate is being subducted Subduction beneath this long volcanic chain . Most of the relief is the ...
... Islands and then southwestward down the peninsula of Kamchatka in northeastern Siberia and along the Kuril Islands to Japan . The Pacific Plate is being subducted Subduction beneath this long volcanic chain . Most of the relief is the ...
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