Russia on the Black Sea and Sea of Azof: Being a Narrative of Travels in the Crimea and Bordering Provinces; with Notices of the Naval, Military, and Commercial Resources of Those Countries |
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... Mouths of Don - Bars of the Don - Old town of Azof- Rostof - Its commercial importance- Shallowness of water in Gulf of the Don -The Azof frozen in ... Mouth of the river .. 354 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE CRIMEA , CRIMEA , AND THE xxiv CONTENTS .
... Mouths of Don - Bars of the Don - Old town of Azof- Rostof - Its commercial importance- Shallowness of water in Gulf of the Don -The Azof frozen in ... Mouth of the river .. 354 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE CRIMEA , CRIMEA , AND THE xxiv CONTENTS .
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... mouth abundance of salt is crystallized spontaneously ; and it produces large whales , without any spiral bones , which they call Antacæi , fit for salt- ing , and many other things that lagoon , 11 miles in breadth . This is filled 4 ...
... mouth abundance of salt is crystallized spontaneously ; and it produces large whales , without any spiral bones , which they call Antacæi , fit for salt- ing , and many other things that lagoon , 11 miles in breadth . This is filled 4 ...
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... mouths of the Dniepr . Kherson continued to increase till the foundation of Odessa , eighteen years afterwards , in 1796. It was both the commercial and naval centre of the Russians when they first reached the Black Sea in their ...
... mouths of the Dniepr . Kherson continued to increase till the foundation of Odessa , eighteen years afterwards , in 1796. It was both the commercial and naval centre of the Russians when they first reached the Black Sea in their ...
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... mouth . The Boug is here a noble stream , a mile and a half broad , " and so deep that the largest men - of - war can ascend and descend after taking out their guns . Its right bank is deep and pre- cipitous , and the left bank low and ...
... mouth . The Boug is here a noble stream , a mile and a half broad , " and so deep that the largest men - of - war can ascend and descend after taking out their guns . Its right bank is deep and pre- cipitous , and the left bank low and ...
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... mouth of the Don ; and it is only in very limited patches along the Sea of Azof , or , in other words , on the southern face of that elevation between the Dniepr and the Don which consti- Geology of Russia in Europe , by Sir Roderick ...
... mouth of the Don ; and it is only in very limited patches along the Sea of Azof , or , in other words , on the southern face of that elevation between the Dniepr and the Don which consti- Geology of Russia in Europe , by Sir Roderick ...
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Alouchta ancient artillery Asia Baktchéserai Balaclava banks battalions beautiful Berdiansk Bessarabia Black Sea Bosphorus built called Cape Caucasus cavalry century Chersonese church Circassians colonies commercial Constantinople corps Cossacks Crimea crypts Danube Ditto Dniepr Dniestr Dubois east Emperor empire English entrance Europe exports feet fleet fortress Galatz Genoese Geray Greek ground Haxthausen horse important infantry inhabitants Inkerman Kaffa Karaim Kertch Khan khans of Crimea Kherson land Mangoup miles military Mithridates mountains mouth nations Nicolaief occupied Odessa palace Panticapæum pass peninsula Perecop Petersburg population port Prince principal regiments remains river road rock Rostof ruins Russian army Scythian Sea of Azof Sevastopol ships shores side Soldaya soldiers sotni Soudak southern coast Steppes straits Taganrok Tatars Tauric chain Theodosia tion tomb town trade traveller troops tumuli Turkish Turks valley versts vessels village Vladimir Volga wall wheat whole wine Woronzof
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