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... Spain and Portugal VIII . Republic of Switzerland IX . German States - X. Kingdom of Denmark XI . Kingdom of Sweden and Norway XII . Russian Empire in Europe - Republic of Cracow XIII . Italian States - XIV . Turkish or Ottoman Empire ...
... Spain and Portugal VIII . Republic of Switzerland IX . German States - X. Kingdom of Denmark XI . Kingdom of Sweden and Norway XII . Russian Empire in Europe - Republic of Cracow XIII . Italian States - XIV . Turkish or Ottoman Empire ...
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Aaron Arrowsmith. land ; as the peninsula of South America , the peninsula of Spain . The narrow neck of land , which joins a penin- sula to the main , is called an Isthmus , as the Isthmus of Corinth , the Isthmus of Suez , and the ...
Aaron Arrowsmith. land ; as the peninsula of South America , the peninsula of Spain . The narrow neck of land , which joins a penin- sula to the main , is called an Isthmus , as the Isthmus of Corinth , the Isthmus of Suez , and the ...
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... Spain ; and Cape Matapan in Greece . In Asia are : East Cape , the Eastern extremity of the continent ; C. Musseldom and Ras - el - Had in Arabia ; C. Comorin , the Southern- most point of India ; and Romania Pt . at the extremity of ...
... Spain ; and Cape Matapan in Greece . In Asia are : East Cape , the Eastern extremity of the continent ; C. Musseldom and Ras - el - Had in Arabia ; C. Comorin , the Southern- most point of India ; and Romania Pt . at the extremity of ...
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... Spain from France , and stretching across the Isthmus which divides the two countries , from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea . The loftiest range of mountains in the whole continent is that of the Alps : it divides Italy ...
... Spain from France , and stretching across the Isthmus which divides the two countries , from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea . The loftiest range of mountains in the whole continent is that of the Alps : it divides Italy ...
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... Spain 2,027 Ben Lomond , in Scotland 3,251 Maladetta M " . , in ditto - 10,760 Ben Nevis ( highest pt . in ) Albion t.in } Monserrat , in ditto 3,300 4,335 Morena , Sierra , in Spain ' Bernard , Gt . St. 11,007 ( highest pt . ) 4,080 ...
... Spain 2,027 Ben Lomond , in Scotland 3,251 Maladetta M " . , in ditto - 10,760 Ben Nevis ( highest pt . in ) Albion t.in } Monserrat , in ditto 3,300 4,335 Morena , Sierra , in Spain ' Bernard , Gt . St. 11,007 ( highest pt . ) 4,080 ...
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Page 1 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
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Page 240 - His lieutenants, on the shores of the Red Sea, the Ocean, and the Gulf of Persia, were saluted by the acclamations of a faithful people ; and the ambassadors who knelt before the throne of Medina were as numerous (says the Arabian proverb) as the dates that fall from the maturity of a palm-tree.
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