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 Gries |
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... we should endeavour to reach the Allée Blanche at the southern foot of Mont Blanc , by a pass also called the Col de Fenêtre ( a common name for these notch - like passes in the loftier 6 CHAP . I. VAL DU GRAND ST . BERNARD .
... we should endeavour to reach the Allée Blanche at the southern foot of Mont Blanc , by a pass also called the Col de Fenêtre ( a common name for these notch - like passes in the loftier 6 CHAP . I. VAL DU GRAND ST . BERNARD .
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... called the Tour des Fous , a fantastic pile of up- reared tables of quartz , of which these 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 ...
... called the Tour des Fous , a fantastic pile of up- reared tables of quartz , of which these 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 ...
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... called " Ala Petrina , " which had been stationed in Cumberland ) he marched over the Pennine Pass in Feb. A.D. 59 , through a waste of snow , and amidst all the rigours of midwinter . * Rome and her power waned and fell , and the ...
... called " Ala Petrina , " which had been stationed in Cumberland ) he marched over the Pennine Pass in Feb. A.D. 59 , through a waste of snow , and amidst all the rigours of midwinter . * Rome and her power waned and fell , and the ...
Page 12
... called the ' Hospital of St. Bernard . " But it was the Apostle of the Alps who conceived and carried out the noble design of establishing permanently a house of refuge , founded on the basis of Christianity , and which has justly ...
... called the ' Hospital of St. Bernard . " But it was the Apostle of the Alps who conceived and carried out the noble design of establishing permanently a house of refuge , founded on the basis of Christianity , and which has justly ...
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... called the Grande Rossère , and the summit , seen from the neighbourhood of Courmayeur , Mont Carmet . There is much confusion in the maps . This mountain is singularly wild and fantastic , and I regretted not having time to make a ...
... called the Grande Rossère , and the summit , seen from the neighbourhood of Courmayeur , Mont Carmet . There is much confusion in the maps . This mountain is singularly wild and fantastic , and I regretted not having time to make a ...
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