The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1989 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... southern hemisphere of a non- rotating uniform earth around which the sun revolved . Trade and Antitrade Winds . This theoretical description fits the winds actually observed over the greater part of the world . From 30 ° latitude to ...
... southern hemisphere of a non- rotating uniform earth around which the sun revolved . Trade and Antitrade Winds . This theoretical description fits the winds actually observed over the greater part of the world . From 30 ° latitude to ...
Page 469
... Southern con- vention was scheduled for Nashville in June 1850 , and many feared that it would result in the secession of a number of Southern states . The Union seemed to be in the process of dissolution . Political leaders offered a ...
... Southern con- vention was scheduled for Nashville in June 1850 , and many feared that it would result in the secession of a number of Southern states . The Union seemed to be in the process of dissolution . Political leaders offered a ...
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... southern oceans as near to the South Pole as possible in search of a continental land- mass . On July 13 , 1772 , he sailed as captain of the Resolution in company with the Adventure under Tobias Furneaux . The ships made for the Cape ...
... southern oceans as near to the South Pole as possible in search of a continental land- mass . On July 13 , 1772 , he sailed as captain of the Resolution in company with the Adventure under Tobias Furneaux . The ships made for the Cape ...
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