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... at the Sandwich Islands , which was begun in the year 1819 , by missionaries
from Boston ; and which , apart from the praiseworthy religious objects of it , will
be of incalculable importance to the United States in many respects . This group
of ...
... at the Sandwich Islands , which was begun in the year 1819 , by missionaries
from Boston ; and which , apart from the praiseworthy religious objects of it , will
be of incalculable importance to the United States in many respects . This group
of ...
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The general extent of the Oceanic region has been already stated ; but so little
importance is attached to this part of the globe in our ordinary geographical
studies , that few readers acquire any precise notions respecting it . Those
persons ...
The general extent of the Oceanic region has been already stated ; but so little
importance is attached to this part of the globe in our ordinary geographical
studies , that few readers acquire any precise notions respecting it . Those
persons ...
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However just this hypothesis may be in respect to some of the islands , it is most
certain , that others are formed by a different process ; that is , not by the
disappearance of portions of land already existing , but by the actual formation of
new ...
However just this hypothesis may be in respect to some of the islands , it is most
certain , that others are formed by a different process ; that is , not by the
disappearance of portions of land already existing , but by the actual formation of
new ...
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These general remarks must be taken with many limitations , so far as respects
some parts of the Oceanic region . In the Pacific or South Sea Islands the
quadrupeds are very few , and those'small ; the large ones found there at this day
are ...
These general remarks must be taken with many limitations , so far as respects
some parts of the Oceanic region . In the Pacific or South Sea Islands the
quadrupeds are very few , and those'small ; the large ones found there at this day
are ...
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... New Caledonia ( east of New Holland ) , the Feejee islands , and some others ,
which need not be particularized . We ought not to omit one other circumstance ,
which is stated by Mr. Ellis , in respect to the physical character of the islanders ...
... New Caledonia ( east of New Holland ) , the Feejee islands , and some others ,
which need not be particularized . We ought not to omit one other circumstance ,
which is stated by Mr. Ellis , in respect to the physical character of the islanders ...
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| Title | American Quarterly Review, Volume 20 Volumes 298-301 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 Library of American civilization |
| Editor | Robert Walsh |
| Publisher | Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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