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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... reached the headwaters of the Missouri and followed the Columbia to the Pacific . In 1819 Spain relinquished its claims on the Pacific north of the 45th par- allel , and in 1846 the Oregon country , extending northward to the 49th par ...
... reached the headwaters of the Missouri and followed the Columbia to the Pacific . In 1819 Spain relinquished its claims on the Pacific north of the 45th par- allel , and in 1846 the Oregon country , extending northward to the 49th par ...
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... reaching the Atlantic at the mouth of the St. Croix River . The area of the United States terri- tory is 3,026,789 square miles ; this includes 52,630 square miles of water exclusive of the Great Lakes , the 9 American portion of which ...
... reaching the Atlantic at the mouth of the St. Croix River . The area of the United States terri- tory is 3,026,789 square miles ; this includes 52,630 square miles of water exclusive of the Great Lakes , the 9 American portion of which ...
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... reached . Summer temperature averages 36 ° F. - In Hawaii the climate is that of per- petual summer , healthful and agree- able . The average temperature is 71 ° F. There is an abundant rainfall , being 176 inches on the windward side ...
... reached . Summer temperature averages 36 ° F. - In Hawaii the climate is that of per- petual summer , healthful and agree- able . The average temperature is 71 ° F. There is an abundant rainfall , being 176 inches on the windward side ...
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... reached a part of Asia , or of India , and in a letter of February , 1493 , wrote of " the Indians [ in Spanish , Indios ] I have with me . " Thus the aborigines . of the New World came to be called " Indians " ( French Indiens , Ger ...
... reached a part of Asia , or of India , and in a letter of February , 1493 , wrote of " the Indians [ in Spanish , Indios ] I have with me . " Thus the aborigines . of the New World came to be called " Indians " ( French Indiens , Ger ...
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... reaching far into Mexico . The original habitat of the Algon- kian stock was , as Brinton and Hale have assumed , " somewhere north of the St. Lawrence and east of Lake Ontario , " while that of the Iroquoian lay " between the lower St ...
... reaching far into Mexico . The original habitat of the Algon- kian stock was , as Brinton and Hale have assumed , " somewhere north of the St. Lawrence and east of Lake Ontario , " while that of the Iroquoian lay " between the lower St ...
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