American Quarterly Review, Issues 39-40Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 - Serial publications |
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... respects . This group of islands , now the most import- ant of all in relation to the civilized world , has long been known as a place of resort for American whaling ships ; and , until the establishment of the American mission , the ...
... respects . This group of islands , now the most import- ant of all in relation to the civilized world , has long been known as a place of resort for American whaling ships ; and , until the establishment of the American mission , the ...
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... respecting it . Those persons , there- fore , who take sufficient interest in the subject to induce them to obtain accurate views , and to accompany us in our hasty sur- vey of it , will do well to have before them a good map , or ...
... respecting it . Those persons , there- fore , who take sufficient interest in the subject to induce them to obtain accurate views , and to accompany us in our hasty sur- vey of it , will do well to have before them a good map , or ...
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... respect to some of the islands , it is most certain , that others are formed by a differ- ent process ; that is , not by the disappearance of portions of land already existing , but by the actual formation of new land in places where ...
... respect to some of the islands , it is most certain , that others are formed by a differ- ent process ; that is , not by the disappearance of portions of land already existing , but by the actual formation of new land in places where ...
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... respects some parts of the Oceanic region . In the Pa- cific or South Sea Islands the quadrupeds are very few , and ... respecting the natural history of these islands . the attention both of practical navigators and philosophical ob ...
... respects some parts of the Oceanic region . In the Pa- cific or South Sea Islands the quadrupeds are very few , and ... respecting the natural history of these islands . the attention both of practical navigators and philosophical ob ...
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... respect to the physical character of the islanders . He mentions it as a singular fact , that " the chiefs and persons of hereditary rank and influence in the islands , are , almost without exception , as much superior to the pea ...
... respect to the physical character of the islanders . He mentions it as a singular fact , that " the chiefs and persons of hereditary rank and influence in the islands , are , almost without exception , as much superior to the pea ...
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