Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 2Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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... important strait , on Mare Island , the Government has spent many millions of dollars in erecting dry docks , massive buildings , barracks , and other appurtenances of a first - class dock - yard . Between Fort Point and the city is the ...
... important strait , on Mare Island , the Government has spent many millions of dollars in erecting dry docks , massive buildings , barracks , and other appurtenances of a first - class dock - yard . Between Fort Point and the city is the ...
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... importance of Rouen as a centre of commerce and industrial skill , its historical associations , and the splendour and beauty of its monuments , all join to give to the ancient capital of Normandy a foremost rank among the provincial ...
... importance of Rouen as a centre of commerce and industrial skill , its historical associations , and the splendour and beauty of its monuments , all join to give to the ancient capital of Normandy a foremost rank among the provincial ...
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... importance . Marseilles is now the first trading town in France , and one of the ten or twelve most important in the world . The shipping in its harbours is double that of Havre , three times that of Bordeaux , or six times that of ...
... importance . Marseilles is now the first trading town in France , and one of the ten or twelve most important in the world . The shipping in its harbours is double that of Havre , three times that of Bordeaux , or six times that of ...
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CaliforniaSir Francis DrakeThe Spanish GalleonsThe Franciscan MissionsIndians Converted and Dying | 1 |
Plan of San Francisco | 9 |
The City Hall | 16 |
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