The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1878 |
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... lakes Brienz and Thun , and , emerging from the latter , flows through the cantons of Bern , Soleure , and Aargau ... Lake of Thun . Several small rivers in Germany have the same name . AARAU , the chief town of the canton of Aargau ...
... lakes Brienz and Thun , and , emerging from the latter , flows through the cantons of Bern , Soleure , and Aargau ... Lake of Thun . Several small rivers in Germany have the same name . AARAU , the chief town of the canton of Aargau ...
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... lake Celano or Lago di Fucino , the Lacus Fucinus of the Romans , now reduced to about one - third of its former extent . The climate varies with the elevation , but , generally speaking , is temperate and healthy . Agriculture is but ...
... lake Celano or Lago di Fucino , the Lacus Fucinus of the Romans , now reduced to about one - third of its former extent . The climate varies with the elevation , but , generally speaking , is temperate and healthy . Agriculture is but ...
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... Lake of Dembea or Tzana , then takes a long semicircular sweep round the province of Godjam , and afterwards flows ... Lake Aussa , lat . 11 ° 25 ′ N. , long . 41 ° 40 ′ E. The principal lake of Abyssinia is the Dembea , which lies ...
... Lake of Dembea or Tzana , then takes a long semicircular sweep round the province of Godjam , and afterwards flows ... Lake Aussa , lat . 11 ° 25 ′ N. , long . 41 ° 40 ′ E. The principal lake of Abyssinia is the Dembea , which lies ...
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... Lake Dembea ; and Kivara , to the west of that lake , the birth - place of the Emperor Theodore The two provinces of Tigré and Shoa have generally been in a state of rebellion Gondar . The geographical position of Tigré enhances its ...
... Lake Dembea ; and Kivara , to the west of that lake , the birth - place of the Emperor Theodore The two provinces of Tigré and Shoa have generally been in a state of rebellion Gondar . The geographical position of Tigré enhances its ...
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... Lake Dembea , there to await the arrival of the captives . The latter reached this on 12th March , and everything appeared to proceed very favourably . A month later they started for the coast , but had not pro- ceeded far when they ...
... Lake Dembea , there to await the arrival of the captives . The latter reached this on 12th March , and everything appeared to proceed very favourably . A month later they started for the coast , but had not pro- ceeded far when they ...
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