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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... course , when he has met with publications fuited to his purpose , he has made a free use of them ; and he thinks it proper here to obferve , that , to avoid unneceffary trouble , he has frequently ufed the words as well as the ideas of ...
... course , when he has met with publications fuited to his purpose , he has made a free use of them ; and he thinks it proper here to obferve , that , to avoid unneceffary trouble , he has frequently ufed the words as well as the ideas of ...
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... course , a minute on the equator is equal to fixty miles . But as all the meridians cut the equator at right angles , and ap- . proach nearer and nearer to each other , until at laft they crofs at the poles , it is obvious that the ...
... course , a minute on the equator is equal to fixty miles . But as all the meridians cut the equator at right angles , and ap- . proach nearer and nearer to each other , until at laft they crofs at the poles , it is obvious that the ...
עמוד 10
... course there are as many ebbs . Thefe tides , neceffarily following the moon's motions , flow from east to weft . This conftant agitation of the waters of the ocean , together with their faltnefs , are wifely ordained by the Creator to ...
... course there are as many ebbs . Thefe tides , neceffarily following the moon's motions , flow from east to weft . This conftant agitation of the waters of the ocean , together with their faltnefs , are wifely ordained by the Creator to ...
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... course which Columbus had pointed out . John , forgetting on this occafion the fentiments becoming a monarch , meanly adopted their perfidious counsel . Upon discovering this difhonourable transaction , Columbus , with an indignation ...
... course which Columbus had pointed out . John , forgetting on this occafion the fentiments becoming a monarch , meanly adopted their perfidious counsel . Upon discovering this difhonourable transaction , Columbus , with an indignation ...
עמוד 14
... course into an unknown ocean . Columbus now found a thousand unforeseen hardships to encounter , which demanded all his judgment , fortitude and address to furmount . Be- fides the difficulties , unavoidable from the nature of his ...
... course into an unknown ocean . Columbus now found a thousand unforeseen hardships to encounter , which demanded all his judgment , fortitude and address to furmount . Be- fides the difficulties , unavoidable from the nature of his ...
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