The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... hundred miles to the east . Four hundred tributaries , abounding in beautiful falls and cataracts , unite to form this great river . The whole valley for 1600 miles is filled with dense and tangled forests . Noble trees of unrivalled ...
... hundred miles to the east . Four hundred tributaries , abounding in beautiful falls and cataracts , unite to form this great river . The whole valley for 1600 miles is filled with dense and tangled forests . Noble trees of unrivalled ...
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... hundred miles wide , gradually narrowing as it approaches the ocean . Through this valley the Amazon cuts its way , separating often into channels which sometimes run parallel to each other for several hundred miles , frequently forming ...
... hundred miles wide , gradually narrowing as it approaches the ocean . Through this valley the Amazon cuts its way , separating often into channels which sometimes run parallel to each other for several hundred miles , frequently forming ...
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... hundred miles . The Madeira , its greatest tributary , after running 2000 miles , empties into the king of rivers , without making any perceptible difference in its width or depth . This mighty current , rushing into the ocean , meets ...
... hundred miles . The Madeira , its greatest tributary , after running 2000 miles , empties into the king of rivers , without making any perceptible difference in its width or depth . This mighty current , rushing into the ocean , meets ...
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... hundred distinct languages , and two thousand dialects . About five or six million Indians have as many dialects as are found among the 800,000,000 inhabitants of Europe and Asia . Their languages are polysyn- thetic , being of a higher ...
... hundred distinct languages , and two thousand dialects . About five or six million Indians have as many dialects as are found among the 800,000,000 inhabitants of Europe and Asia . Their languages are polysyn- thetic , being of a higher ...
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... hundred tribes , with a population of many millions , became subject to their dominion . The territory of the Incas extended from the southern part of Chili northward into Colombia , beyond Quito , a distance of two thousand miles , and ...
... hundred tribes , with a population of many millions , became subject to their dominion . The territory of the Incas extended from the southern part of Chili northward into Colombia , beyond Quito , a distance of two thousand miles , and ...
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