Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States: Illustrated, Volume 1Edwin Wiley, Irving Everett Rines, Albert Bushnell Hart American educational alliance, 1916 - United States |
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... coast from the pres- ent North Carolina to Cape Cod . The Spaniards , who founded a settlement . at St. Augustine in 1565 , gave the name Florida to the southern part of * Revised by William MacDonald , Professor of American History ...
... coast from the pres- ent North Carolina to Cape Cod . The Spaniards , who founded a settlement . at St. Augustine in 1565 , gave the name Florida to the southern part of * Revised by William MacDonald , Professor of American History ...
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... coast of California , and the Aleutian group also belong to the 5 United States . The United States controls and virtually owns the Panama Canal Zone , acquired in 1904 , and having an area of 436 square miles . The following tables ...
... coast of California , and the Aleutian group also belong to the 5 United States . The United States controls and virtually owns the Panama Canal Zone , acquired in 1904 , and having an area of 436 square miles . The following tables ...
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... coast claims 12,359 miles , the Gulf coast 5,744 miles , and the Pacific coast 3,251 miles . The territory of the United States . consists of a vast central plain , the water shed of the Missouri - Missis- sippi river system and its ...
... coast claims 12,359 miles , the Gulf coast 5,744 miles , and the Pacific coast 3,251 miles . The territory of the United States . consists of a vast central plain , the water shed of the Missouri - Missis- sippi river system and its ...
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... coastal plain that nowhere exceeds 500 feet in elevation . The Mississippi - Missouri basin has an area estimated at ... coast basin of the Texas rivers , the Sabine , Trinity , Brazos , Colorado , San An- tonio and Nueces ; the basin of ...
... coastal plain that nowhere exceeds 500 feet in elevation . The Mississippi - Missouri basin has an area estimated at ... coast basin of the Texas rivers , the Sabine , Trinity , Brazos , Colorado , San An- tonio and Nueces ; the basin of ...
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... coast basin . In addition to these there is an extensive basin in the heart of the Rocky Mountains which formerly be- longed to the one or the other of the river systems that flow into the Pacific , but which is at present a closed ...
... coast basin . In addition to these there is an extensive basin in the heart of the Rocky Mountains which formerly be- longed to the one or the other of the river systems that flow into the Pacific , but which is at present a closed ...
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