The Italian Valleys of the Pennine Alps: A Tour Through All the Romantic and Less-frequented "Vals" of Northern Piedmont, from the Tarentaise to the GriesMurray, 1858 - 558 pages |
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Page iii
... range - Glacier of La Brenva- Present and former extent - Baths of La Saxe - Start for the Allée Blanche - Forest of St. Nicholas - - Glacier of Miage Lac de Combal - Flowers - Col de la Seigne - of Val de Bellaval - - Tarentaise ...
... range - Glacier of La Brenva- Present and former extent - Baths of La Saxe - Start for the Allée Blanche - Forest of St. Nicholas - - Glacier of Miage Lac de Combal - Flowers - Col de la Seigne - of Val de Bellaval - - Tarentaise ...
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... ranges , the last haunts of the all but extinct Bouquetin , or Ibex , to the rich valleys , with their strangely - mixed races of Savoyard , Piedmontese , Italian , and German ; as strongly contrasted as the wonderful gra- dations of ...
... ranges , the last haunts of the all but extinct Bouquetin , or Ibex , to the rich valleys , with their strangely - mixed races of Savoyard , Piedmontese , Italian , and German ; as strongly contrasted as the wonderful gra- dations of ...
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... ranges , and we adjourned to the library , where , beside the well - filled bookshelves , a good electrical machine , and other apparatus , was a small collection chiefly illustrating the mineralogy and geology of the district . During ...
... ranges , and we adjourned to the library , where , beside the well - filled bookshelves , a good electrical machine , and other apparatus , was a small collection chiefly illustrating the mineralogy and geology of the district . During ...
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... ranges in great part consist . They all run in a direction from N.E. to S.W. , parallel to and inclined against the great primitive chain ; and through the long trough - like gorge thus formed , the cutting " bise " pours with ...
... ranges in great part consist . They all run in a direction from N.E. to S.W. , parallel to and inclined against the great primitive chain ; and through the long trough - like gorge thus formed , the cutting " bise " pours with ...
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... range , which bears to this day the appropriate title of the Pennine Alps , proudly boasts of being flanked by the two loftiest mountains in our quarter of the globe , Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa . Between them is the third in height ...
... range , which bears to this day the appropriate title of the Pennine Alps , proudly boasts of being flanked by the two loftiest mountains in our quarter of the globe , Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa . Between them is the third in height ...
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Alagna Alpine Alps Aosta ascent avalanches baggage Barailler beautiful Bernard Biona blue bouquetin bridge Cervin châlets Challant chamois Champorcher Châtillon chesnut church climbed clouds Cogne colour Courmayeur Cramont crest crevasses crossed curé d'Ossola dark deep Delapierre descending distance Doire feet foot forest German glacier glen gneiss gorge granite green Gressoney head height houses Italian La Thuile larch lofty looked lower Macugnaga magnificent mass meadows Mont Blanc Mont Velan Monte Rosa Mora moraine morning mule narrow night pass pastures path peaks Piedmont pine precipice range reached remarkable rich ridge Rimasco Rimella road rocks round route scene scenery seemed seen singular slope snow Spitze steep stone stream summit Taurini torrent track trees Val d'Aosta Val d'Ayas Val d'Ossola Val de Lys Val Sesia Val Tournanche valley Valpelline Varallo vast village walls wild Zumstein