The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... Islands , in the South Pacific Ocean . Towards the N.E. and N.W. the country is rugged and broken , but to the ... island was one of the stations chosen for the observation of the transit of Venus in 1874. It is nearly 40 miles in ...
... Islands , in the South Pacific Ocean . Towards the N.E. and N.W. the country is rugged and broken , but to the ... island was one of the stations chosen for the observation of the transit of Venus in 1874. It is nearly 40 miles in ...
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... island of Salamis , at all times an important possession to the Athenians on account of its proximity to their city . The scene of the battle of Salamis was the narrowest part of this channel , where the island approaches the extremity ...
... island of Salamis , at all times an important possession to the Athenians on account of its proximity to their city . The scene of the battle of Salamis was the narrowest part of this channel , where the island approaches the extremity ...
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... island . On one side of this , towards Hymettus , lay the open roadstead of Phalerum , on the other the harbour of Piraeus , a completely land - locked inlet , safe , deep , and spacious , the approach to which was still further ...
... island . On one side of this , towards Hymettus , lay the open roadstead of Phalerum , on the other the harbour of Piraeus , a completely land - locked inlet , safe , deep , and spacious , the approach to which was still further ...
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... Island , and bounded for the most part on the S. by the 39th parallel of latitude . In the N.W. it runs out into a ... Islands ) , Drury , and Whangarei ; but the most important deposits are comparatively undisturbed . It is believed ...
... Island , and bounded for the most part on the S. by the 39th parallel of latitude . In the N.W. it runs out into a ... Islands ) , Drury , and Whangarei ; but the most important deposits are comparatively undisturbed . It is believed ...
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... island - continents of New Guinea , Australia , Tasmania , and New Zealand , and the conterminous archipelagoes of New Britannia , Solomon Islands , New Hebrides , Loyalty Islands , and New Cale- donia which will be treated of under ...
... island - continents of New Guinea , Australia , Tasmania , and New Zealand , and the conterminous archipelagoes of New Britannia , Solomon Islands , New Hebrides , Loyalty Islands , and New Cale- donia which will be treated of under ...
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