The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... regions as Mazures and Cracoviaks . The Ruthenian highlanders bear the name of Huzulians . Galicia ( or Halicz ) took its rise along with the neighbouring principality of Lodomeria ( or Vladimir ) in the course of the 12th century - the ...
... regions as Mazures and Cracoviaks . The Ruthenian highlanders bear the name of Huzulians . Galicia ( or Halicz ) took its rise along with the neighbouring principality of Lodomeria ( or Vladimir ) in the course of the 12th century - the ...
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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 both 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 both temporal and spiritual ...
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... regions of the earth , two only being Observations , a considerable quarto volume , in which the inhabitants of Europe , and even these occur also in the defects of previous translations were fully pointed out , and north of Africa ...
... regions of the earth , two only being Observations , a considerable quarto volume , in which the inhabitants of Europe , and even these occur also in the defects of previous translations were fully pointed out , and north of Africa ...
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... regions are able to subsist without water for Wood Gemsbok . from Rhodes , inscribed C. I. Q .; No. 25 , Jacinth , Sassanian por- trait ; No. 26 , Gnostic gem ; No. 27 , Christian gem , the Good Shepherd ; No. 28 , Modern gem , by ...
... regions are able to subsist without water for Wood Gemsbok . from Rhodes , inscribed C. I. Q .; No. 25 , Jacinth , Sassanian por- trait ; No. 26 , Gnostic gem ; No. 27 , Christian gem , the Good Shepherd ; No. 28 , Modern gem , by ...
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... regions . In Africa their empire included Egypt , Carthage , Numidia , and Mauritania In Asia they held Asia Minor and Syria , had sent 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 sent expeditions into Arabia , and were acquainted with the more distant countries formerly overrun by ...
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