The American Geography: Or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States of America: Containing Astronomical Geography--geographical Definitions, Discovery, and General Description of America and the United States ... With a Particular Description of Kentucky, the Western Territory, and Vermont .. To which is Added an Abridgment of the Geography of the British, Spanish, French, and Dutch Dominions in America and the West Indies--of Europe, Asia, and AfricaJ. Jones, 1792 - 536 עמודים |
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עמוד 16
... Stream , has worn it to its prefent form . The water in the Gulf of Mexico is faid to be many yards higher , than on the western fide of the continent in the Pacific Occean . Gulf Stream . ] The Gulf Stream is a remarkable current in ...
... Stream , has worn it to its prefent form . The water in the Gulf of Mexico is faid to be many yards higher , than on the western fide of the continent in the Pacific Occean . Gulf Stream . ] The Gulf Stream is a remarkable current in ...
עמוד 17
... stream is about 40 or 50 miles , widening toward the north , and its common rapi- dity three miles an hour . - A north - eaft wind narrows the ftream , renders it more rapid , and drives it nearer the coaft ; north - west and weft winds ...
... stream is about 40 or 50 miles , widening toward the north , and its common rapi- dity three miles an hour . - A north - eaft wind narrows the ftream , renders it more rapid , and drives it nearer the coaft ; north - west and weft winds ...
עמוד 29
... Stream . On this river they built several forts , and made fettlements . 1628. ] On the 19th of March , 1628 , the council for New - England fold to Sir Henry Rofwell , and five others , a large tract of land , lying round Maffachusetts ...
... Stream . On this river they built several forts , and made fettlements . 1628. ] On the 19th of March , 1628 , the council for New - England fold to Sir Henry Rofwell , and five others , a large tract of land , lying round Maffachusetts ...
עמוד 37
... a great affemblage of small streams . This river is remarkable for the abundance of virgin copper that is found on and near its banks . Man Many fmall islands , particularly on the eastern fhores , THE UNITED STATES . 37.
... a great affemblage of small streams . This river is remarkable for the abundance of virgin copper that is found on and near its banks . Man Many fmall islands , particularly on the eastern fhores , THE UNITED STATES . 37.
עמוד 41
... streams ; one of which stopped by its roots or branches in a fhallow part , is fuffi- cient to obftruct the paffage of thousands more , and to fix them at the fame place . Such collections of trees are daily feen between the Balize and ...
... streams ; one of which stopped by its roots or branches in a fhallow part , is fuffi- cient to obftruct the paffage of thousands more , and to fix them at the fame place . Such collections of trees are daily feen between the Balize and ...
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