The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... slope flow into the Pacific ocean . The rivers that rise on the eastern slope , in northern Peru and Ecuador , force their way through the Cordilleras and at their foot drain the montaña of Bolivia , Peru and Brazil . In the southern ...
... slope flow into the Pacific ocean . The rivers that rise on the eastern slope , in northern Peru and Ecuador , force their way through the Cordilleras and at their foot drain the montaña of Bolivia , Peru and Brazil . In the southern ...
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... 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 . In the several passes of the Cordilleras they constructed fortifications to ...
... 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 . In the several passes of the Cordilleras they constructed fortifications to ...
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... slope of the Andes , reservoirs were constructed , from which irrigating canals watered the whole plain now lying desolate and barren . The conquered tribes were incorporated into the nation and became the people of the Incas . If the ...
... slope of the Andes , reservoirs were constructed , from which irrigating canals watered the whole plain now lying desolate and barren . The conquered tribes were incorporated into the nation and became the people of the Incas . If the ...
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... slope of the mountains is dry and barren , so that breadstuffs and provisions are imported from Ecuador on the north , or from lower Chili , far to the south . Yet no other country has contributed so much to the world's fertility ; for ...
... slope of the mountains is dry and barren , so that breadstuffs and provisions are imported from Ecuador on the north , or from lower Chili , far to the south . Yet no other country has contributed so much to the world's fertility ; for ...
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... slope . " At the time of an earthquake at Sitka ( 1847 ) it is said to have emitted flames and ashes . * Atlas of the Northwest Coast of America from Bering strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands [ etc. ] : 2 ° , St ...
... slope . " At the time of an earthquake at Sitka ( 1847 ) it is said to have emitted flames and ashes . * Atlas of the Northwest Coast of America from Bering strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands [ etc. ] : 2 ° , St ...
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