Illustrated School History of the United States and the Adjacent Parts of America: From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time ... |
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... miles long . It attains its greatest width in the north , where it is nearly 3,000 miles across . From this point the shores slope towards each other , till an isthmus 50 miles wide is formed ; whence they again expand , enclosing a ...
... miles long . It attains its greatest width in the north , where it is nearly 3,000 miles across . From this point the shores slope towards each other , till an isthmus 50 miles wide is formed ; whence they again expand , enclosing a ...
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... miles , -nearly one half of the surface of North America . On America is bounded on each side by a great ocean . the east , the Atlantic , 3,000 miles broad , separates it from Europe and Africa ; on the west , it is separated from Asia ...
... miles , -nearly one half of the surface of North America . On America is bounded on each side by a great ocean . the east , the Atlantic , 3,000 miles broad , separates it from Europe and Africa ; on the west , it is separated from Asia ...
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... miles of ocean , and on the other by an expanse of water for the most part three times as broad . 6. When discovered , by whom was America occupied ? In what did they dif- fer from the nations of the old world ? What names were given ...
... miles of ocean , and on the other by an expanse of water for the most part three times as broad . 6. When discovered , by whom was America occupied ? In what did they dif- fer from the nations of the old world ? What names were given ...
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... miles of Asia . As a current sets towards the American shore , the passage thither can be readily made even in rude vessels . Boats may have been driven over by stress of weather , and the continent thus have been discovered without ...
... miles of Asia . As a current sets towards the American shore , the passage thither can be readily made even in rude vessels . Boats may have been driven over by stress of weather , and the continent thus have been discovered without ...
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... miles . Other re- markable voyages are recorded , dur- ing some of which America may have been reached . Plato and several other ancient writers appear to have been aware that there was a large body of land in the west , and speak of an ...
... miles . Other re- markable voyages are recorded , dur- ing some of which America may have been reached . Plato and several other ancient writers appear to have been aware that there was a large body of land in the west , and speak of an ...
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