The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... mountains - next to the Himalayas the highest in the world , — its great valley , and its immense plateau extending from the Straits of Magellan to the Caribbean sea . THE MOUNTAINS . The Andes rise in the extreme south at Cape Horn ...
... mountains - next to the Himalayas the highest in the world , — its great valley , and its immense plateau extending from the Straits of Magellan to the Caribbean sea . THE MOUNTAINS . The Andes rise in the extreme south at Cape Horn ...
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... Mountains , to the Arctic ocean . Near the source of the Magda- lena and Cauca rivers in Colombia , the eastern range is deflected to the east along the northern coast of South America . The cen- tral range disappears between the ...
... Mountains , to the Arctic ocean . Near the source of the Magda- lena and Cauca rivers in Colombia , the eastern range is deflected to the east along the northern coast of South America . The cen- tral range disappears between the ...
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... mountain ranges north and south of the Amazon divide this great valley into three lesser valleys , down which the ... mountains of Vene- zuela many hundred miles to the east . Four hundred tributaries , abounding in beautiful falls ...
... mountain ranges north and south of the Amazon divide this great valley into three lesser valleys , down which the ... mountains of Vene- zuela many hundred miles to the east . Four hundred tributaries , abounding in beautiful falls ...
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... mountains of Brazil , within seventy miles of the Atlantic ocean ; and 1500 miles away , on the other side of the continent , its most western tributaries rise only 125 miles from the Pacific . Steamers ascend the Parana , Paraguay and ...
... mountains of Brazil , within seventy miles of the Atlantic ocean ; and 1500 miles away , on the other side of the continent , its most western tributaries rise only 125 miles from the Pacific . Steamers ascend the Parana , Paraguay and ...
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... mountains to the ocean . The whole coast is low and fertile , but hot and unhealthy . The principal product is sugar , raised by negroes and coolies . The interior is sultry and thickly wooded ; it is inhabited by Indian tribes , the ...
... mountains to the ocean . The whole coast is low and fertile , but hot and unhealthy . The principal product is sugar , raised by negroes and coolies . The interior is sultry and thickly wooded ; it is inhabited by Indian tribes , the ...
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