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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... latter took the name of Calvinists . In 1531 , Berne and Geneva concluded an alliance , and the former canton got possession of the Pays de Vaud , which was not , how- ever , entirely ceded by Savoy till the peace of Lausanne in 1564 ...
... latter took the name of Calvinists . In 1531 , Berne and Geneva concluded an alliance , and the former canton got possession of the Pays de Vaud , which was not , how- ever , entirely ceded by Savoy till the peace of Lausanne in 1564 ...
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... latter is extremely rare . In some cantons lynxes , wolves , and bears are yet found . Birds of prey are not unfrequent , among which is the Lammer- geyer or vulture of the Alps , ( Vultur barbatus L. ) which is often known to carry off ...
... latter is extremely rare . In some cantons lynxes , wolves , and bears are yet found . Birds of prey are not unfrequent , among which is the Lammer- geyer or vulture of the Alps , ( Vultur barbatus L. ) which is often known to carry off ...
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... latter river is navigable , and flowing through the lake of Zurich , already described , unites with the Aar below Baden . The other lakes are the Greiffensee and the Pfeffikonsee on the E. of Zurich ; the Katzensee on the N. W. and the ...
... latter river is navigable , and flowing through the lake of Zurich , already described , unites with the Aar below Baden . The other lakes are the Greiffensee and the Pfeffikonsee on the E. of Zurich ; the Katzensee on the N. W. and the ...
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... latter village are the ruins of the castle of Habsburg , the ancient seat of the Austrian family . - Königsfelden , formerly an abbey with a chapel , founded in 1308 , the spot where the emperor Albrecht was killed by his nephew John of ...
... latter village are the ruins of the castle of Habsburg , the ancient seat of the Austrian family . - Königsfelden , formerly an abbey with a chapel , founded in 1308 , the spot where the emperor Albrecht was killed by his nephew John of ...
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... latter power was finally compelled , by the treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659 , and of Aix - la - Chapelle in 1668 , to give up to France the whole of Artois , part of Flanders , Hennegau , Hainault , Namur , and Luxemburg , which were now ...
... latter power was finally compelled , by the treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659 , and of Aix - la - Chapelle in 1668 , to give up to France the whole of Artois , part of Flanders , Hennegau , Hainault , Namur , and Luxemburg , which were now ...
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A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical ..., Τόμος 2 James Bell Πλήρης προβολή - 1832 |
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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,...