Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon, Volume 12Francis Lieber Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Company, 1840 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Population , 836,128 ; square miles , 8480. Upper Stiria lies to the north , and is mountainous , consisting , in a great measure , of a continuation of a branch of the Alps . Lower Stiria com- prises the southern part . A number of ...
... Population , 836,128 ; square miles , 8480. Upper Stiria lies to the north , and is mountainous , consisting , in a great measure , of a continuation of a branch of the Alps . Lower Stiria com- prises the southern part . A number of ...
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... Population in 1830 , 1580. Here was the residence of the Stockbridge tribe of Indians , till they re- moved to New Stockbridge , near the Oneidas , in New York , in 1775. This town suffered severely from the attacks of the Indians in ...
... Population in 1830 , 1580. Here was the residence of the Stockbridge tribe of Indians , till they re- moved to New Stockbridge , near the Oneidas , in New York , in 1775. This town suffered severely from the attacks of the Indians in ...
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... population , 15,800 . It has a safe and capacious harbor , admit- ting ships of fifteen feet draught . It was formerly one of the principal Hanse towns . ( See Hansa . ) It has considera- ble trade . Corn is the principal article of ...
... population , 15,800 . It has a safe and capacious harbor , admit- ting ships of fifteen feet draught . It was formerly one of the principal Hanse towns . ( See Hansa . ) It has considera- ble trade . Corn is the principal article of ...
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... population , 50,000 , of which one third are Prótestants . It is an ancient , strong , and commercial city , of semicircular form , built on plain , and divided into several parts , by canals , over which are several bridges . The ...
... population , 50,000 , of which one third are Prótestants . It is an ancient , strong , and commercial city , of semicircular form , built on plain , and divided into several parts , by canals , over which are several bridges . The ...
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... population , 12,244 . It was built in the eleventh cen- tury , and , during five centuries , was the place where the kings of Hungary were crowned , and on that account called Alba Regalis . It is now declined from its for- mer ...
... population , 12,244 . It was built in the eleventh cen- tury , and , during five centuries , was the place where the kings of Hungary were crowned , and on that account called Alba Regalis . It is now declined from its for- mer ...
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