The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography |
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Professor R. T. Hill described the similarity of topographic features of that region to those of the ( treat Basin of the United States . January 15 , 1892 . Special meeting Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of Columbian University .
Professor R. T. Hill described the similarity of topographic features of that region to those of the ( treat Basin of the United States . January 15 , 1892 . Special meeting Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of Columbian University .
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Hill , PROF . R. T. , 910 Fifteenth Street . HINDS , Dr. Clara Bliss , 1331 Fourteenth Street . HINMAN , RUSSELL , 806 Broadway , New York , N. Y. HITCHCOCK , PROF . C. H. , C , Dartmouth College , Hanover , X. H. HOBBS , Dr. WM .
Hill , PROF . R. T. , 910 Fifteenth Street . HINDS , Dr. Clara Bliss , 1331 Fourteenth Street . HINMAN , RUSSELL , 806 Broadway , New York , N. Y. HITCHCOCK , PROF . C. H. , C , Dartmouth College , Hanover , X. H. HOBBS , Dr. WM .
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Its total fall from the foot - hills of the Andes to the Atlantic is very slight , not over three or four hundred feet , and probably considerably less . The rims of the valley are formed of diorite and sandstone , and are raised only a ...
Its total fall from the foot - hills of the Andes to the Atlantic is very slight , not over three or four hundred feet , and probably considerably less . The rims of the valley are formed of diorite and sandstone , and are raised only a ...
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For three thousand miles along the coast of Peru and Chili there is no natural harbor ; a plain from ten to fifty miles in width extends from the Pacific to the foot - hills of the Andes . The Antarctic current runs along this coast ...
For three thousand miles along the coast of Peru and Chili there is no natural harbor ; a plain from ten to fifty miles in width extends from the Pacific to the foot - hills of the Andes . The Antarctic current runs along this coast ...
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This road would run for 2000 miles along the foot hills of the Cordilleras , and in these mountains is probably the richest mining region in the world ; here gold , silver , copper , lead and coal mines are found .
This road would run for 2000 miles along the foot hills of the Cordilleras , and in these mountains is probably the richest mining region in the world ; here gold , silver , copper , lead and coal mines are found .
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