The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... eastern coast of Australia . One of these passes through Lord Howe Island , and another through Norfolk Island , a third just projects above the sea as New Caledonia , the peaks of the fourth give rise to the festoon of the New Hebrides ...
... eastern coast of Australia . One of these passes through Lord Howe Island , and another through Norfolk Island , a third just projects above the sea as New Caledonia , the peaks of the fourth give rise to the festoon of the New Hebrides ...
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... eastern portion is not yet settled to any noteworthy degree , the soils and the water supply not being very satisfactory . The Darling Region . This is an area of lowlands averaging about 300 feet above the sea , first crossed by ...
... eastern portion is not yet settled to any noteworthy degree , the soils and the water supply not being very satisfactory . The Darling Region . This is an area of lowlands averaging about 300 feet above the sea , first crossed by ...
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... eastern coast of North America could not be identical with the eastern coast of Asia described by Marco Polo , there was still a possibility that they might be one continuous land , that north - eastern China and Tartary might sweep ...
... eastern coast of North America could not be identical with the eastern coast of Asia described by Marco Polo , there was still a possibility that they might be one continuous land , that north - eastern China and Tartary might sweep ...
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