Viewed from the sea, the country appears rugged and mountainous ; but, on a nearer approach, its appearance is higldy romantic and picturesque, clothed as it is with the most luxuriant vegetation, its hills covered with thick woods, and its valleys with... A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer - Page 134by George Newenham Wright - 1835Full view - About this book
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1830 - 628 pages
...but, on a nearer approach, its appearance is highly romantic and picturesque, clothed as it is wiih the most luxuriant vegetation, its hills covered with...gradations, to the height of from 3 to 6',000 feet above the level of the sea ; and, in these temperate regions, European fruits and grain are raised in abundance,... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1830 - 612 pages
...mountainous ; but, on a nearer approach, its appearance is higldy romantic and picturesque, clothed as it is with the most luxuriant vegetation, its hills covered...rises, by gentle gradations, to the height of from 3 to 6,000 feet above the level of the sea; and, in these temperate regions, European fruits and grain are... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1830 - 608 pages
...is highly romantic and picturesque, clothed as it is with the most luxuriant vegetation, its bills covered with thick woods, and its valleys with a verdure...rises, by gentle gradations, to the height of from 3 to 6,000 feet above the level of the sea; and, in these temperate regions, European fruits and grain are... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1832 - 1028 pages
...mountainous ; but on a nearer approach, its appearance is highly beautiful and picturesque, clothed as it is with the most luxuriant vegetation, its hills covered...land rises by gentle gradations, to the height of 6,000 feet above the level of the sea. A large part of the interior is overspread with an impenetrable... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 608 pages
...mountainous; but, on a nearer approach, its appearance is highly romantic and picturesque, clothed as it is with the most luxuriant vegetation, its hills covered...rises, by gentle gradations, to the height of from 3 to 6,000 feet above the level of the sea ; and, in these temperate regions, European fruits and grain... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - Civilization - 1836 - 588 pages
...mountainous ; but on a nearer approach its appearance is highly romantic and picturesque, clothed, as it is, with the most luxuriant vegetation, its hills covered...land rises by gentle gradations to the height of from 3000 to 6000 feet above the level of the sea ; and in those temperate regions, European fruits and... | |
| Jesse Olney - Geography - 1838 - 300 pages
...mountainous ; but on a nearer approach, its appearance is highly romantic and picturesque, clothed as it is with the most luxuriant vegetation, its hills covered with thick woods, and its valleys with verdure. SOUTH AMERICA. The interior is an immense wilderness, overspread with impenetrable forests,... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1841 - 516 pages
...mountainous ; but on a nearer approach, its appearance is highly beautiful and picturesque, clothed as it is with the most luxuriant vegetation, its hills covered with thick woods, and its valleys with a 5 feet. After this operation, the water is drained away from all the deeper parts of the channel, by... | |
| Jesse Olney - Geography - 1844 - 306 pages
...mountainous ; but on a nearer approach, its appearance is highly romantic and picturesque, clothed as it is with the most luxuriant vegetation, its hills covered with thick woods, and its valleys with verdure. The interior is an immense wilderness, overspread with impenetrable forests, which abound... | |
| 1850 - 638 pages
...mountainous ; but, on a nearer approach, its appearance is highly romantic and picturesque, clothed as it is with the most luxuriant vegetation, its hills covered...rises, by gentle gradations, to the height of from 3 IO 0,000 feet above the level of the sea; and, in these temperate regions, Europea^ fruits and grain... | |
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