Advanced Text-book of Physical GeographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 320 páginas |
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... Africa , North America , South America , Oceania , Conclusion , 261 267 267 272 277 281 286 291 295 GLOSSARY OF TERMS , 297-316 317-320 INDEX , PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY . I. INTRODUCTORY OUTLINE . Aim and Objects CONTENTS . 9.
... Africa , North America , South America , Oceania , Conclusion , 261 267 267 272 277 281 286 291 295 GLOSSARY OF TERMS , 297-316 317-320 INDEX , PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY . I. INTRODUCTORY OUTLINE . Aim and Objects CONTENTS . 9.
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... Africa will lie in the eastern hemisphere , and North and South America in the western . ( Map , page 49. ) 21. Like other circles , the circumference of the earth is divisible into 360 equal parts or degrees , and in this case each ...
... Africa will lie in the eastern hemisphere , and North and South America in the western . ( Map , page 49. ) 21. Like other circles , the circumference of the earth is divisible into 360 equal parts or degrees , and in this case each ...
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... Africa or South America , to be convinced of this reality . The actions and reactions of the physical world are not more marked and certain than the influence of the physical on the intellectual and indus- trial ; and but for the ...
... Africa or South America , to be convinced of this reality . The actions and reactions of the physical world are not more marked and certain than the influence of the physical on the intellectual and indus- trial ; and but for the ...
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... Africa , and described , from its being the only portion known to the ancients , as the Old World - and that of the Western hemisphere , including North and South America , and known ( from its comparatively recent discovery by Columbus ...
... Africa , and described , from its being the only portion known to the ancients , as the Old World - and that of the Western hemisphere , including North and South America , and known ( from its comparatively recent discovery by Columbus ...
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... Africa ) ; on the west of the New World , and between it and the Old , expands another natural division known as the Pacific ( from its comparative freedom from storms ) ; while between Australia and its contiguous islands on the east ...
... Africa ) ; on the west of the New World , and between it and the Old , expands another natural division known as the Pacific ( from its comparative freedom from storms ) ; while between Australia and its contiguous islands on the east ...
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