A Guide to the Eastern Alps

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Longmans, Green, and Company, 1869 - 639 oldal
 

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xxiii. oldal - Reise- und Gebirgs-Karte vom Lande Tyrol, mit den angrenzenden Theilen von Südbayern, Salzburg, der Schweiz und OberItalien.
223. oldal - ... other nation or tribe of which we have any knowledge has ever borne a name composed in this whimsical fashion. But what is decisive is the fact that Champlain had learned the name from his Indian allies before he or any other Frenchman, so far as is known, had ever seen an Iroquois. It is probable that the origin of the word is to be sought in the Huron language; yet, as this is similar to the Iroquois tongue, an attempt may be made to find a solution in the latter. According to Bruyas, the word...
xxii. oldal - Von Vorarlberg. Nach den Bestimmungen des kk Quartiermeisterstabes und den Messungen des Herrn Schmidt zusammengestellt und gezeichnet von F.
xxi. oldal - Notizen zur Höhen- und Profilkarte nebst dem Verzeichnisse der trigonometrisch bestimmten Höhen von Tirol und Vorarlberg, Mittheilungen der KK Geogr.
144. oldal - ... united two currents of trade, flowing toward Spain from the lofty cities of Bogota and Quito. The robbery of Indians, that once enriched these cities, is over : their trade with Spain is done. No trade from Quito seeks the Magdalena, and the scanty exports and imports of Bogota are beginning to creep along the base of the mountain on the opposite side of the river. No wonder, then, that ten steps in the old city show it to be decayed. Many a rich old house is reduced to a roofless ruin, hedging...
602. oldal - This disposition would be of-common occurrence if the valleys of the Alps were universally formed by erosive action ; but its rarity should inspire caution in those who select one amongst the multitudinous agencies that have operated on the earth's crust, as alone capable of explaining the complicated phenomena of great mountain regions.
518. oldal - ... seeks in vain for any valley offering more exquisite combinations of the grand, the beautiful, and the fantastic, than are here found in favourable weather.
539. oldal - The church on the summit is visited annually by about 20,000 pilgrims ; but in 1860, the 500th anniversary of its foundation, the number rose to 102,000.
385. oldal - Alpine lakes, it is recorded that at the time of the great earthquake of Lisbon in 1755 the waters...

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