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... island to Louis XV . in exchange for the comté Gisors , 1718. In 1761 , it was captured by the English fleet under Keppel , and restored in 1763 . BELLENDEN ( BALLANTYNE ) , JOHN , Archdeacor V. and Queen Mary , regarding whose personal ...
... island to Louis XV . in exchange for the comté Gisors , 1718. In 1761 , it was captured by the English fleet under Keppel , and restored in 1763 . BELLENDEN ( BALLANTYNE ) , JOHN , Archdeacor V. and Queen Mary , regarding whose personal ...
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... islands , Seeland and Laaland , from Fünen and Langeland . The LITTLE B. divides the island of Fünen from Jütland . It is equal in length to the Great B. , but much narrower . Its greatest breadth is about 10 miles , but it gradually ...
... islands , Seeland and Laaland , from Fünen and Langeland . The LITTLE B. divides the island of Fünen from Jütland . It is equal in length to the Great B. , but much narrower . Its greatest breadth is about 10 miles , but it gradually ...
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... Island , besides several more in the islands between Pegu and Su- matra . The evaporation , as stated in the previous article , sometimes amounts , in the hottest season , to about an inch a day . The monsoons prevail over the whole of ...
... Island , besides several more in the islands between Pegu and Su- matra . The evaporation , as stated in the previous article , sometimes amounts , in the hottest season , to about an inch a day . The monsoons prevail over the whole of ...
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... islands of Japan and Formosa , B. arrived at Macao on the 22d of September , where he remained until the 14th January ... island in February 1774 , and was made king in 1776 by the chiefs in conclave , he adopting the native costume ...
... islands of Japan and Formosa , B. arrived at Macao on the 22d of September , where he remained until the 14th January ... island in February 1774 , and was made king in 1776 by the chiefs in conclave , he adopting the native costume ...
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... Island , near its north - east extremity . It is in lat . 51 ° 30 ' S. , and long . 57 ° 56 ' W. Though it is difficult to enter , yet it contains several excellent harbours . Its shores yield ample supplies of water , cattle , and ...
... Island , near its north - east extremity . It is in lat . 51 ° 30 ' S. , and long . 57 ° 56 ' W. Though it is difficult to enter , yet it contains several excellent harbours . Its shores yield ample supplies of water , cattle , and ...
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