The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Latest Edition. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideDay Otis Kellogg, Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith Werner, 1902 |
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... regions as Mazures and Cracoviaks , The Ruthenian highlanders , bear the name of Huzulians . doned item is the most considerable ; the exports to. Galicia ( or Halicz ) took its rise along with the neighbouring principality of Lodomeria ...
... regions as Mazures and Cracoviaks , The Ruthenian highlanders , bear the name of Huzulians . doned item is the most considerable ; the exports to. Galicia ( or Halicz ) took its rise along with the neighbouring principality of Lodomeria ...
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... regions on the African coast , whence continually came reports ( which by and by affected Da Gama's history ) of a great monarch , " who lived east of Benin , 350 leagues in the interior , and who held bath temporal and spiritual ...
... regions on the African coast , whence continually came reports ( which by and by affected Da Gama's history ) of a great monarch , " who lived east of Benin , 350 leagues in the interior , and who held bath temporal and spiritual ...
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... regions of the earth , two only being inhabitants of Europe , and even these occur also in the north of Africa . Unlike most lizards , they are found in the remotest oceanic islands , a fact which leads Mr Wallace ( Geographical ...
... regions of the earth , two only being inhabitants of Europe , and even these occur also in the north of Africa . Unlike most lizards , they are found in the remotest oceanic islands , a fact which leads Mr Wallace ( Geographical ...
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... regions are able to subsist without water for Wood Gemsbok . months together . It is a large and powerful animal , measuring about 5 feet in length and over 3 feet in height at the shoulders . Its horns , situated on the same plane with ...
... regions are able to subsist without water for Wood Gemsbok . months together . It is a large and powerful animal , measuring about 5 feet in length and over 3 feet in height at the shoulders . Its horns , situated on the same plane with ...
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... regions . In Africa their empire included Egypt , Carthage , Numidia , and Mauritania . In Asia they held Asia Minor and Syria , had şent expeditions into Arabia , and were acquainted with the more distant countries formerly overrun by ...
... regions . In Africa their empire included Egypt , Carthage , Numidia , and Mauritania . In Asia they held Asia Minor and Syria , had şent expeditions into Arabia , and were acquainted with the more distant countries formerly overrun by ...
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