The American Geography: Or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States of America: Containing Astronomical Geography.--geographical Definitions, Discovery, and General Description ... with a Particular Description of Kentucky, the Western Territory, and Vermont ... to which is Added, an Abridgement of the Geography of the British, Spanish, French and Dutch Dominions in America and the West Indies.--of Europe, Asia, and AfricaJohn Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1792 - Broj stranica: 536 |
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Stranica 44
... navigation . The rife of the waters in these rapids does not exceed ten or twelve feet . A part of this island is so high as to have been never over- flowed , and to command the fettlement at Louisville , which is oppofite to it . The ...
... navigation . The rife of the waters in these rapids does not exceed ten or twelve feet . A part of this island is so high as to have been never over- flowed , and to command the fettlement at Louisville , which is oppofite to it . The ...
Stranica 45
... navigation good for boats . Thence the width is about two hundred yards to the weltern fork , fifty miles higher , and the navigation frequent- ly interrupted by rapids ; which however with a fwell of two or three feet , become very ...
... navigation good for boats . Thence the width is about two hundred yards to the weltern fork , fifty miles higher , and the navigation frequent- ly interrupted by rapids ; which however with a fwell of two or three feet , become very ...
Stranica 47
... navigation . The celebrated ftrait , called Hell - Gate , is near the weft end of this found , about eight miles eastward of New - York city , and is remark- able for its whirlpools , which make a tremendous roaring at certain times of ...
... navigation . The celebrated ftrait , called Hell - Gate , is near the weft end of this found , about eight miles eastward of New - York city , and is remark- able for its whirlpools , which make a tremendous roaring at certain times of ...
Stranica 59
... navigate them to the place where they are to be used . After this they construct a dam with as much folidity and regularity as the most experienced workman could do . The formation of their cabins is no less remarkable . These cabins ...
... navigate them to the place where they are to be used . After this they construct a dam with as much folidity and regularity as the most experienced workman could do . The formation of their cabins is no less remarkable . These cabins ...
Stranica 108
... navigation of the Delaware opened . General Washington was reinforced with part of the troops which had composed the northern army , under General Gates ; and both armies retired to win- ter quarters . : . In October , the fame month in ...
... navigation of the Delaware opened . General Washington was reinforced with part of the troops which had composed the northern army , under General Gates ; and both armies retired to win- ter quarters . : . In October , the fame month in ...
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Stranica 20 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
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Stranica 35 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie through the middle of said lake...
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