The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... reaching their lowest elevation at the Panama canal , and continue thence , through Central America and North America as the Rocky Mountains , to the Arctic ocean . Near the source of the Magda- lena and Cauca rivers in Colombia , the ...
... reaching their lowest elevation at the Panama canal , and continue thence , through Central America and North America as the Rocky Mountains , to the Arctic ocean . Near the source of the Magda- lena and Cauca rivers in Colombia , the ...
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... reaching the coast of South America near Cape St. Roque , it is again deflected north and south . Trade winds blowing over the equatorial current reach the coast at Brazil surcharged with vapor ; as they follow up the valley of the ...
... reaching the coast of South America near Cape St. Roque , it is again deflected north and south . Trade winds blowing over the equatorial current reach the coast at Brazil surcharged with vapor ; as they follow up the valley of the ...
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... reached the Atlantic Ocean . Then they sailed north in their little boat , skirting the coast to Trinidad , where they found a vessel which bore them to Spain . They recounted the story of the great river ; the wonderful country through ...
... reached the Atlantic Ocean . Then they sailed north in their little boat , skirting the coast to Trinidad , where they found a vessel which bore them to Spain . They recounted the story of the great river ; the wonderful country through ...
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... reached the Orinoco again , too feeble to land . So his son and Captain Keymis went instead . Keymis returned after a month of exploration , bringing Raleigh the news of the death of his son in an attack on a Spanish town . He brought ...
... reached the Orinoco again , too feeble to land . So his son and Captain Keymis went instead . Keymis returned after a month of exploration , bringing Raleigh the news of the death of his son in an attack on a Spanish town . He brought ...
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... reached . Northeast of the pampas , on the Atlantic coast , south of the Amazon , is a province bounded on the south by a range of high mountains , where rain is abundant ; at Maranhao , its seaport , there are 280 inches of rainfall in ...
... reached . Northeast of the pampas , on the Atlantic coast , south of the Amazon , is a province bounded on the south by a range of high mountains , where rain is abundant ; at Maranhao , its seaport , there are 280 inches of rainfall in ...
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