The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 17. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1884 |
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... natural products are similar to those in the Zambesi valley . A species of oil - plant is very abundant , as well as amber and sarsaparilla . The district of Lorenzo Marques is almost wholly confined to the town of that name ( q.v. ) ...
... natural products are similar to those in the Zambesi valley . A species of oil - plant is very abundant , as well as amber and sarsaparilla . The district of Lorenzo Marques is almost wholly confined to the town of that name ( q.v. ) ...
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... Natural Features and Resources . - Though the climate of the Mozambique country is subject to sudden and great alterations , the mean annual temperature is high . The cool season lasts from April to August . In the rainy season , which ...
... Natural Features and Resources . - Though the climate of the Mozambique country is subject to sudden and great alterations , the mean annual temperature is high . The cool season lasts from April to August . In the rainy season , which ...
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... natural history and painting escapade . Born in 1553 , and the son of a London citizen and of a poem entitled Hermin and Gunilde , was born at of the Drapers ' Company , he had early shown a restless dis- Hanover in 1737 , and had been ...
... natural history and painting escapade . Born in 1553 , and the son of a London citizen and of a poem entitled Hermin and Gunilde , was born at of the Drapers ' Company , he had early shown a restless dis- Hanover in 1737 , and had been ...
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... natural highways , while the central position of the town makes it easy of access from all parts of Europe . and Wrede . Adjacent is the church of the Theatines , an imposing though somewhat over - ornamented example of the Italian ...
... natural highways , while the central position of the town makes it easy of access from all parts of Europe . and Wrede . Adjacent is the church of the Theatines , an imposing though somewhat over - ornamented example of the Italian ...
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... natural tint of the stone or marble , and only the figures and hiero- glyphs painted . In the case of sculpture in hard basalt or granite the painting appears often to have been omitted altogether . The utter absence of perspective ...
... natural tint of the stone or marble , and only the figures and hiero- glyphs painted . In the case of sculpture in hard basalt or granite the painting appears often to have been omitted altogether . The utter absence of perspective ...
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