New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... side by side , attract much observation . One of these is still whole , the other , according to report , has been overthrown by an earthquake . The same common fame announces that the part of this which yet remains on the base , emits ...
... side by side , attract much observation . One of these is still whole , the other , according to report , has been overthrown by an earthquake . The same common fame announces that the part of this which yet remains on the base , emits ...
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... side , and situated N. by W. and S. by E. There begins a well - defended haven , which runs into the land WSW . one mile and a quarter , and terminating in two small coves . The bay contains very deep water ; and it is only on the west side ...
... side , and situated N. by W. and S. by E. There begins a well - defended haven , which runs into the land WSW . one mile and a quarter , and terminating in two small coves . The bay contains very deep water ; and it is only on the west side ...
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... side , as far as its power was able to prevail ; from which he infers , that the land now seen on that west side must be very ancient ; and also that , on the contrary , the sea loses ground , or falls off , on the eastern coast ...
... side , as far as its power was able to prevail ; from which he infers , that the land now seen on that west side must be very ancient ; and also that , on the contrary , the sea loses ground , or falls off , on the eastern coast ...
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taining a particular Account of the Icebergs and other Phenomena which | |
Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Henderick Portenger | 1 |
Travels of M Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia | 1 |
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