The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 9
... distance of two thousand miles , and west to the Pacific Ocean . On the eastern slope of the Cordilleras , toward the great plain of the Amazon , the Incas met a stronger and more savage people , with whom they were in constant warfare ...
... distance of two thousand miles , and west to the Pacific Ocean . On the eastern slope of the Cordilleras , toward the great plain of the Amazon , the Incas met a stronger and more savage people , with whom they were in constant warfare ...
Page 14
... distance which he believed surrounded it , and he found the shin- ing sand on the banks of the Orinoco . In Guiana he raised the flag of England and compelled the Indians to swear fealty to his queen . Twenty years later , a prisoner in ...
... distance which he believed surrounded it , and he found the shin- ing sand on the banks of the Orinoco . In Guiana he raised the flag of England and compelled the Indians to swear fealty to his queen . Twenty years later , a prisoner in ...
Page 18
... distances and the time required to travel between different parts of the country . From Rio de Janeiro to Matto Grosso is 140 days ' journey by land , and by water the dis- tance is 3000 miles . Communication is maintained by steamer ...
... distances and the time required to travel between different parts of the country . From Rio de Janeiro to Matto Grosso is 140 days ' journey by land , and by water the dis- tance is 3000 miles . Communication is maintained by steamer ...
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... distances . We must therefore accept the new eleva- tion with caution until it is verified by further observations . The party was unfortunately prevented from reaching the top of Mount St. Elias by severe storms , but the ascent was so ...
... distances . We must therefore accept the new eleva- tion with caution until it is verified by further observations . The party was unfortunately prevented from reaching the top of Mount St. Elias by severe storms , but the ascent was so ...
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... distance of 200 miles along the bases of the Fairweather and St. Elias ranges , is formed of a low table - land intervening between the mountains and the sea . Yakutat bay is the only bight in this plateau sufficiently deep to reach the ...
... distance of 200 miles along the bases of the Fairweather and St. Elias ranges , is formed of a low table - land intervening between the mountains and the sea . Yakutat bay is the only bight in this plateau sufficiently deep to reach the ...
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Agassiz glacier Alaska Amazon appears avalanches base beneath Bering Bering island Bering's Blossom island border camp canoe carts chart Coast and Geodetic crest crevasses débris dense Disenchantment bay eastern elevation Elias range Elias region expedition exploration feet flows formed Geodetic Survey GEOG Geological Survey glacial Haenke island height Hitchcock range ice-streams Icy bay indicated Kamshatka Kerr l'Isle l'Isle's lake land longitude lower Lucia glacier Malaspina glacier margin Marvine glacier melting miles moraines Mount Augusta Mount Cook Mount Owen Mount St NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC National Geographic Society névé night observations peaks Pinnacle system plateau Port Mulgrave portion reached ridge river rocks route rugged Russian sandstone Seward glacier shale shore side slope snow snow-fields southern southward steep stones storm stream Street summit surface tent terrace tion topographic tunnel valley vegetation voyage western westward Yakutat bay Yakutat system