Hawaii: the Past, Present, and Future of Its Island-kingdom: An Historical Account of the Sandwich Islands (Polynesia)Longmans, Green, and Company, 1866 - 523 pagina's |
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... says a recent visitor , ' the islands , on account of their position and the extent of cultivable land they contain , enjoy advantages above any other of the numerous groups which lie scattered over the Pacific Ocean . ' + • Humboldt ...
... says a recent visitor , ' the islands , on account of their position and the extent of cultivable land they contain , enjoy advantages above any other of the numerous groups which lie scattered over the Pacific Ocean . ' + • Humboldt ...
Pagina 21
... above them appeared a huge conduit of unchained fire ; and on all sides a region It is proper to say that the descent has been frequently made by ladies . of frightful desolation . The two travellers and their native.
... above them appeared a huge conduit of unchained fire ; and on all sides a region It is proper to say that the descent has been frequently made by ladies . of frightful desolation . The two travellers and their native.
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... few inches below their feet . To describe the scene , ' says Professor Alexander , is impossible . For the first time we saw actual waves and actual spray of liquid lava . As its surges rolled back from the enclosing walls of.
... few inches below their feet . To describe the scene , ' says Professor Alexander , is impossible . For the first time we saw actual waves and actual spray of liquid lava . As its surges rolled back from the enclosing walls of.
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... says that as he and his party advanced to its edge , there suddenly opened upon them a pit , twenty - five or thirty miles in circumference , and two or three thousand feet deep . They counted in it about sixteen basins of old volcanoes ...
... says that as he and his party advanced to its edge , there suddenly opened upon them a pit , twenty - five or thirty miles in circumference , and two or three thousand feet deep . They counted in it about sixteen basins of old volcanoes ...
Pagina 36
... says that at the time . of his visit to the Hawaiian Islands , ' On gaining the heights at Oahu , extensive taro plantations were seen filling every valley ; and Oahu was distinguished by the name of the Garden of the Sandwich Islands ...
... says that at the time . of his visit to the Hawaiian Islands , ' On gaining the heights at Oahu , extensive taro plantations were seen filling every valley ; and Oahu was distinguished by the name of the Garden of the Sandwich Islands ...
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