The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideA. et C. Black, 1879 - 856 pages |
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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 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 . BUTTERWORTH & HEATHS . months together . It is a large and powerful animal , at the shoulders . Its horns , situated on the same plane measuring about 5 feet in length and ...
... regions are able to subsist without water for Wood Gemsbok . BUTTERWORTH & HEATHS . months together . It is a large and powerful animal , at the shoulders . Its horns , situated on the same plane measuring about 5 feet in length and ...
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... regions , known only by the scant reports of pilgrims , were made the objects of attention and research ; while religous zeal , and the hope of gain , combined with motives of mere curiosity , induced several persons to travel by land ...
... regions , known only by the scant reports of pilgrims , were made the objects of attention and research ; while religous zeal , and the hope of gain , combined with motives of mere curiosity , induced several persons to travel by land ...
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