Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 3Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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... carried on with great success . In 1555 the famous printing - press of Christopher Plantin was set up in the city . Plantin was a scholar as well as a printer , and the works produced by him rivalled those of Aldus Manutius and the ...
... carried on with great success . In 1555 the famous printing - press of Christopher Plantin was set up in the city . Plantin was a scholar as well as a printer , and the works produced by him rivalled those of Aldus Manutius and the ...
Page 123
... carried on along its banks to so great an extent , favoured by the proximity of the inexhaustible deposits of coal and iron ores of Pennsylvania , and protected against foreign competition by a high national tariff . In the yards of ...
... carried on along its banks to so great an extent , favoured by the proximity of the inexhaustible deposits of coal and iron ores of Pennsylvania , and protected against foreign competition by a high national tariff . In the yards of ...
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... carried on to the English ships , and the whole Danish fleet was brought away in triumph . The destruction of Danish commerce , the bankruptcy of the State , and almost complete ruin of the people , resulted from the wars in which ...
... carried on to the English ships , and the whole Danish fleet was brought away in triumph . The destruction of Danish commerce , the bankruptcy of the State , and almost complete ruin of the people , resulted from the wars in which ...
Contents
JERUSALEM | 1 |
BRUSSELS AND THE CITIES OF BELGIUM | 33 |
The Ancient Navigators The Swedish ColonyWilliam Penn the Founder of the CityThe Dreary Morning | 92 |
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