Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 1Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 1882 |
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... port , and find ourselves launched into an inquiry as to the commercial history of Spain . Or we can take a boat , and sail across the beautiful Bay of Cadiz to Santa Maria , near the mouth of the Guadalquiver - for Cadiz , like Genoa ...
... port , and find ourselves launched into an inquiry as to the commercial history of Spain . Or we can take a boat , and sail across the beautiful Bay of Cadiz to Santa Maria , near the mouth of the Guadalquiver - for Cadiz , like Genoa ...
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... port of the Piræus , where are still to be found some traces of the Long Walls of Themistocles stretching all along the four miles of dusty road leading to the city , we approach the " shining , violet- wreathed , most happy city , " as ...
... port of the Piræus , where are still to be found some traces of the Long Walls of Themistocles stretching all along the four miles of dusty road leading to the city , we approach the " shining , violet- wreathed , most happy city , " as ...
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... ports , and a vigorous vegetation springing and gushing out everywhere , waving plume - like on the summits , encircling the roofs and CONSTANTINOPLE , FROM THE MOHAMMEDAN CEMETERY , SCUTARI . hanging 24 [ Constantinople . CITIES OF THE ...
... ports , and a vigorous vegetation springing and gushing out everywhere , waving plume - like on the summits , encircling the roofs and CONSTANTINOPLE , FROM THE MOHAMMEDAN CEMETERY , SCUTARI . hanging 24 [ Constantinople . CITIES OF THE ...
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... Port of the Cow . " Probably no spot in the world exceeds in beauty the banks of the Bosphorus . There is an endless succession of pictures , sublime and beautiful , delicate and gorgeous in colouring , soft and rugged by turns . Nor is ...
... Port of the Cow . " Probably no spot in the world exceeds in beauty the banks of the Bosphorus . There is an endless succession of pictures , sublime and beautiful , delicate and gorgeous in colouring , soft and rugged by turns . Nor is ...
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... port fairly well , and its numerous Indian inhabitants ; and says that he left this " commodious and delightful region " with great regret . For more than eighty years the new - found harbour remained unvisited , and there is even a ...
... port fairly well , and its numerous Indian inhabitants ; and says that he left this " commodious and delightful region " with great regret . For more than eighty years the new - found harbour remained unvisited , and there is even a ...
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