The New International Encyclopædia, Volume 17Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby Dodd, Mead, 1904 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... region has an average altitude of 2000 feet , is tropically hot , and is the most barren and hopeless section . The Mount Elgon region and that north of the Victoria Nyanza are much more favorable to development , owing to the ample ...
... region has an average altitude of 2000 feet , is tropically hot , and is the most barren and hopeless section . The Mount Elgon region and that north of the Victoria Nyanza are much more favorable to development , owing to the ample ...
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... region was first visited by a European ( Cap- tain Speke ) in 1862. Stanley passed through Uganda in 1875 . BIBLIOGRAPHY . Speke , Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile ( Edinburgh , 1863 ) ; Tay- lor , The Lake Regions of ...
... region was first visited by a European ( Cap- tain Speke ) in 1862. Stanley passed through Uganda in 1875 . BIBLIOGRAPHY . Speke , Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile ( Edinburgh , 1863 ) ; Tay- lor , The Lake Regions of ...
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... region , they subsisted originally on fish , game , roots , and berries , and did not practice agriculture . They ... regions of the Northern Hemisphere . They generally have divided or compound , rarely simple , leaves , and usually ...
... region , they subsisted originally on fish , game , roots , and berries , and did not practice agriculture . They ... regions of the Northern Hemisphere . They generally have divided or compound , rarely simple , leaves , and usually ...
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... region , which constitutes the Newfound- land Territory of Labrador ( Map : Canada , Q 5 ) . The boundary of the latter Territory is un- determined , but that of Quebec is formed by the East Main and Hamilton rivers . The area of Ungava ...
... region , which constitutes the Newfound- land Territory of Labrador ( Map : Canada , Q 5 ) . The boundary of the latter Territory is un- determined , but that of Quebec is formed by the East Main and Hamilton rivers . The area of Ungava ...
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... region , which also has large lumber tonseed - oil mill , knitting mills , etc. The water- and fruit interests . There are cotton mills , a cot- works and the electric light plant are owned by the municipality . Population , in 1890 ...
... region , which also has large lumber tonseed - oil mill , knitting mills , etc. The water- and fruit interests . There are cotton mills , a cot- works and the electric light plant are owned by the municipality . Population , in 1890 ...
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Page 11 - HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY ON THE MORE NORTHERN COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA.