The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography |
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Professor Benjamin Sharp of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , made an address upon Peary and the western Greenland expedition . The lecture was illustrated by lantern slides from photographs taken on the ...
Professor Benjamin Sharp of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , made an address upon Peary and the western Greenland expedition . The lecture was illustrated by lantern slides from photographs taken on the ...
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The Andes rise in the extreme south at Cape Horn , run in a northerly course through Patagonia and southern Chili ; thence continuing in three nearly parallel ranges , the western chain called the Andes ...
The Andes rise in the extreme south at Cape Horn , run in a northerly course through Patagonia and southern Chili ; thence continuing in three nearly parallel ranges , the western chain called the Andes ...
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The waters on the western 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 ...
The waters on the western 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 ...
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A great oceanic current flows along the western coast of Africa to the equator , where it is deflected across the Atlantic ocean and becomes the equatorial current . On reaching the coast of South America near Cape St. Roque , it is ...
A great oceanic current flows along the western coast of Africa to the equator , where it is deflected across the Atlantic ocean and becomes the equatorial current . On reaching the coast of South America near Cape St. Roque , it is ...
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Its most eastern branches rise in the 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 .
Its most eastern branches rise in the 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 .
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