The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography |
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Mr. Courtenay De Kalb delivered an address on “ The great Amazon : Personal investigations on the Great River and in its upper valley . ” At the close of the lecture Mr. De Kalb exhibited a number of lantern - slide views , which he ...
Mr. Courtenay De Kalb delivered an address on “ The great Amazon : Personal investigations on the Great River and in its upper valley . ” At the close of the lecture Mr. De Kalb exhibited a number of lantern - slide views , which he ...
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Following the address , Major Hotchkiss illustrated with free - hand sketches on the blackboard the topography of the valley of Virginia , interspersing his remarks with war reminiscences , June 3 und 4 . Field meetiny .
Following the address , Major Hotchkiss illustrated with free - hand sketches on the blackboard the topography of the valley of Virginia , interspersing his remarks with war reminiscences , June 3 und 4 . Field meetiny .
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The prominent features of South America are its long ranges of 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 prominent features of South America are its long ranges of 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 .
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In Ecuador there are fifty - two volcanoes , and twenty of these , covered with perpetual snow and presided over by Chimborazo and Cotopaxi , rise out of a group of mountains encircling the valley of Quito , and are all visible from a ...
In Ecuador there are fifty - two volcanoes , and twenty of these , covered with perpetual snow and presided over by Chimborazo and Cotopaxi , rise out of a group of mountains encircling the valley of Quito , and are all visible from a ...
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In this valley , among the Cordilleras , three great rivers — the Orinoco , the Amazon and La Plata - rise . The mountain ranges north and south of the Amazon divide this great valley into three lesser valleys , down which the Orinoco ...
In this valley , among the Cordilleras , three great rivers — the Orinoco , the Amazon and La Plata - rise . The mountain ranges north and south of the Amazon divide this great valley into three lesser valleys , down which the Orinoco ...
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