The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1933 - Great Britain |
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FOLDS TO THE EAST OF AUSTRALIA 3 of Australasia . In New Guinea is the central backbone rising to 15,000 feet in Mt Wilhelmina . This is flanked by several parallel ranges , and the island itself is clearly disposed as a link connecting ...
FOLDS TO THE EAST OF AUSTRALIA 3 of Australasia . In New Guinea is the central backbone rising to 15,000 feet in Mt Wilhelmina . This is flanked by several parallel ranges , and the island itself is clearly disposed as a link connecting ...
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These are variously named the Star Mountains , Owen Stanley Ranges , etc. , and end far to the east near Samarai . 21 An elongated trough , some 1200 miles long , separates the main ranges from the northern coastal ranges .
These are variously named the Star Mountains , Owen Stanley Ranges , etc. , and end far to the east near Samarai . 21 An elongated trough , some 1200 miles long , separates the main ranges from the northern coastal ranges .
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Tasman's interpretation of his discovery was that New Zealand ( whose eastern coasts he had not seen ) was a ... and that many obstacles might intervene which would push a voyager up into the impassable belt of the south - east Trades .
Tasman's interpretation of his discovery was that New Zealand ( whose eastern coasts he had not seen ) was a ... and that many obstacles might intervene which would push a voyager up into the impassable belt of the south - east Trades .
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