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Page 48
... east wind from England , which was very favourable , and at first steered very much to the west from thence , to the north of Ireland2 , and so across the Spanish Main , along the coast of Barbary3 , which I should fancy to be 600 sea ...
... east wind from England , which was very favourable , and at first steered very much to the west from thence , to the north of Ireland2 , and so across the Spanish Main , along the coast of Barbary3 , which I should fancy to be 600 sea ...
Page 60
... east coast of India , at Tranquebar , which gets both monsoons , most of the rain in that district being received during the north - east or winter monsoon . The “ earthquakes ” are a myth . ' Mrs A. S. D. Maunder , to whom I referred ...
... east coast of India , at Tranquebar , which gets both monsoons , most of the rain in that district being received during the north - east or winter monsoon . The “ earthquakes ” are a myth . ' Mrs A. S. D. Maunder , to whom I referred ...
Page 91
... east side of the peninsula . The Nuremberg Mappa Mundi ( c . 1540 ) shows Tarnasseri regnum on the east coast above Narsinga regnum . Gerardus Mercator on his map of 1569 shows Tarnassari ( as a town ) not far from the mouth of a river ...
... east side of the peninsula . The Nuremberg Mappa Mundi ( c . 1540 ) shows Tarnasseri regnum on the east coast above Narsinga regnum . Gerardus Mercator on his map of 1569 shows Tarnassari ( as a town ) not far from the mouth of a river ...
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A waterspout and mirage Crossing the Line | 56 |
Penguin Island Birds beasts and fish at the Cape | 64 |
Hottentots Description of Africa The Chris | 78 |
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