Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York, 21. köideAmerican Geographical Society of New York, 1889 |
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... regard to the Washing- ton Aqueduct Tunnel , Washington , 1889 ; Report of the Light- House Board , June 30 , 1889 , Washington , 1889 . From D. Willis James : The Unknown Horn of Africa ; Explorations from Berbera , by F. L. James ...
... regard to the Washing- ton Aqueduct Tunnel , Washington , 1889 ; Report of the Light- House Board , June 30 , 1889 , Washington , 1889 . From D. Willis James : The Unknown Horn of Africa ; Explorations from Berbera , by F. L. James ...
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... regard to the events that happened between the 14th of February and the 14th of March , as they were drawn up in the following narration , we rely on two main sources of information . First , Columbus's journal of his first voyage , in ...
... regard to the events that happened between the 14th of February and the 14th of March , as they were drawn up in the following narration , we rely on two main sources of information . First , Columbus's journal of his first voyage , in ...
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... regards you such order shall be taken that you may be content . And because you may be under some apprehension of Our ... regard to it and We hold it for a pleasure to Us , and shall take it as a service . Done at Avis the twentieth of ...
... regards you such order shall be taken that you may be content . And because you may be under some apprehension of Our ... regard to it and We hold it for a pleasure to Us , and shall take it as a service . Done at Avis the twentieth of ...
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... regard to its plans and the destination of the ships.t Rumors as to the dispatch of vessels had been afloat before and must have reached Herrera when at Lisbon , but he was not able to get at the facts , which gave rise to the rumors ...
... regard to its plans and the destination of the ships.t Rumors as to the dispatch of vessels had been afloat before and must have reached Herrera when at Lisbon , but he was not able to get at the facts , which gave rise to the rumors ...
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... regard to the development of his plans for the irrigation of the arid regions . Pointing on a map to a river in New Mexico known as the Jemes , which is an affluent of the Rio Grande , he remarked that it was called a creek below and a ...
... regard to the development of his plans for the irrigation of the arid regions . Pointing on a map to a river in New Mexico known as the Jemes , which is an affluent of the Rio Grande , he remarked that it was called a creek below and a ...
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Page 263 - ... degree of west longitude, shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned...
Page 262 - North latitude, and between the 131st and the 133d degree of West longitude (Meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the North along the Channel called Portland Channel, as far as the Point of the Continent where it strikes the 56th degree of North latitude...
Page 263 - ... degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above mentioned...
Page 262 - The line of demarcation between the possessions of the high contracting parties, upon the coast of the continent, and the islands of America to the northwest, shall be drawn...
Page ii - I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original law.
Page 262 - ... point, the line of demarcation shall follow the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast as far as the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude, (of the same meridian;) and finally, from the said point of intersection, the said meridian line of the 141st degree, in its prolongation as far as the Frozen ocean.
Page 262 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and 133d degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Page 263 - ... at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned shall be formed by a line parallel to the windings of the coast, and which shall never exceed the distance of ten marine leagues therefrom.
Page lxviii - Angell in the chair. The reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with.