The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... broad sierra or plateau , at an elevation of from twelve to fourteen thousand feet . The streams that rise in this sierra either empty into salt or alkaline lakes or sink into the ground . Unlike all other long ranges of mountains , the ...
... broad sierra or plateau , at an elevation of from twelve to fourteen thousand feet . The streams that rise in this sierra either empty into salt or alkaline lakes or sink into the ground . Unlike all other long ranges of mountains , the ...
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... more frequently on the south . Month after month passed , the river grew so broad that they could not see from one side to the other . Orellano's Descent of the Amazon . 13 Great islands were 12 Gardiner G. Hubbard - South America .
... more frequently on the south . Month after month passed , the river grew so broad that they could not see from one side to the other . Orellano's Descent of the Amazon . 13 Great islands were 12 Gardiner G. Hubbard - South America .
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... Janeiro to Matto Grosso is 140 days ' journey by land , and by water the dis- tance is 3000 miles . Communication is maintained by steamer The broad Domain of Brazil . 19 through the Argentine 18 Gardiner G. Hubbard - South America .
... Janeiro to Matto Grosso is 140 days ' journey by land , and by water the dis- tance is 3000 miles . Communication is maintained by steamer The broad Domain of Brazil . 19 through the Argentine 18 Gardiner G. Hubbard - South America .
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The broad Domain of Brazil . 19 through the Argentine Republic up the Rio de la Plata and its branches . Although the country has many long and navigable rivers , yet the means of intercommunication are very poor ; for the rivers are ...
The broad Domain of Brazil . 19 through the Argentine Republic up the Rio de la Plata and its branches . Although the country has many long and navigable rivers , yet the means of intercommunication are very poor ; for the rivers are ...
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... broad opening to the sea ; the distance between its ocean capes is twenty miles , and its extension inland is about the same . Its eastern shore is fringed with low , wooded islands , among which are sheltered harbors , safe from every ...
... broad opening to the sea ; the distance between its ocean capes is twenty miles , and its extension inland is about the same . Its eastern shore is fringed with low , wooded islands , among which are sheltered harbors , safe from every ...
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