A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical, Political, and Statistical Account of the World and Its Various Divisions, Τόμος 2A. Fullarton and Company, 1832 |
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... belonging to Austria . In 1481 , the league was joined by the cantons of Friburg and Soleure ; and shortly afterwards the confede- rates allied themselves with the Grisons , in opposition to the views of the emperor Maximilian I. who ...
... belonging to Austria . In 1481 , the league was joined by the cantons of Friburg and Soleure ; and shortly afterwards the confede- rates allied themselves with the Grisons , in opposition to the views of the emperor Maximilian I. who ...
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... belong to Switzerland : namely , 1st . The Swiss Alps , or Alpes Lepontiæ , or Adula , which run from the centre in a S.W. direction , or from Monte Rosa on both sides of the Rhone , through the Vallisthal , by St Gotthard , to the ...
... belong to Switzerland : namely , 1st . The Swiss Alps , or Alpes Lepontiæ , or Adula , which run from the centre in a S.W. direction , or from Monte Rosa on both sides of the Rhone , through the Vallisthal , by St Gotthard , to the ...
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... the Canton de Vaud , and unites the Alps with the Jura . To it belong The Mont Pelerin in Vaud The Chalet à Gobet . II . B 4,083 8,010 10 pices ; and the lonely pine - tree is PHYSICAL FEATURES , & c , OF SWITZERLAND . 9.
... the Canton de Vaud , and unites the Alps with the Jura . To it belong The Mont Pelerin in Vaud The Chalet à Gobet . II . B 4,083 8,010 10 pices ; and the lonely pine - tree is PHYSICAL FEATURES , & c , OF SWITZERLAND . 9.
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... belong to the Jura . The principal river is the Rhine , to which this country supplies numerous small tributaries . There are no large lakes , but several mineral springs . Climate and Productions . ] The climate is pure and healthy ...
... belong to the Jura . The principal river is the Rhine , to which this country supplies numerous small tributaries . There are no large lakes , but several mineral springs . Climate and Productions . ] The climate is pure and healthy ...
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... belong to the Dutch , it runs along the right bank of the Meuse , till it reaches the old Dutch frontier near Mook , below Genap ; thence it crosses from the Meuse to the Waal , in the quarter of Nimeguen , and then crossing that branch ...
... belong to the Dutch , it runs along the right bank of the Meuse , till it reaches the old Dutch frontier near Mook , below Genap ; thence it crosses from the Meuse to the Waal , in the quarter of Nimeguen , and then crossing that branch ...
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Σελίδα 432 - In the upper zone, which is 8 or 10 miles in breadth, vegetation entirely disappears. The surface is, for the most part, flat and even, presenting a dreary expanse of snow and ice. In the midst of this desert, the lofty summit of the mountain is descried at a distance, rearing its tremendous head above the surrounding snows, and vomiting out torrents of smoke. The ascent up this part is toilsome and hazardous. From the base the mountain rises, like a pyramid, by an acclivity nearly equal on all sides,...