The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... land of earthquakes in 1868 , 50,000 lives , we are told , were lost in one day ; the tremor was felt over four countries and from the Andes to the Sandwich Islands . The tidal wave washed a gunboat of the United States on shore at ...
... land of earthquakes in 1868 , 50,000 lives , we are told , were lost in one day ; the tremor was felt over four countries and from the Andes to the Sandwich Islands . The tidal wave washed a gunboat of the United States on shore at ...
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... land ; but when the clouds at the foot- hills of the Andes meet the colder winds from the south and strike the snow summits of the Cordilleras , all the moisture is condensed , and the rain falls in tropical showers for half the year ...
... land ; but when the clouds at the foot- hills of the Andes meet the colder winds from the south and strike the snow summits of the Cordilleras , all the moisture is condensed , and the rain falls in tropical showers for half the year ...
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... land , the sea is strongly tinged , and in April and May has nearly the clay- yellow hue of the Amazon . And even further north , about 400 miles from its mouth , the naturalist on the Amazon tells us , " we passed numerous patches of ...
... land , the sea is strongly tinged , and in April and May has nearly the clay- yellow hue of the Amazon . And even further north , about 400 miles from its mouth , the naturalist on the Amazon tells us , " we passed numerous patches of ...
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... land and cool the air ; but as the winds are of low temperature their scanty vapor is dissipated by the heat radiated from the land , and not a drop of rain refreshes the thirsty soil . Many mountain torrents run from the snow - clad ...
... land and cool the air ; but as the winds are of low temperature their scanty vapor is dissipated by the heat radiated from the land , and not a drop of rain refreshes the thirsty soil . Many mountain torrents run from the snow - clad ...
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... land crosses the La Plata and continues southward through the Argentine Republic and Patagonia to the Straits of Magellan . Within this plain lie all the interior of Venezuela and Brazil , a part of Bolivia , all Paraguay , Uruguay ...
... land crosses the La Plata and continues southward through the Argentine Republic and Patagonia to the Straits of Magellan . Within this plain lie all the interior of Venezuela and Brazil , a part of Bolivia , all Paraguay , Uruguay ...
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