The New England Gazetteer: Containing Descriptions of the States, Counties, Cities and Towns in New England; Also, Descriptions of the Principal Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Capes, Bays, Harbors, Islands, Fashionable Resorts, Etc., Within that Territory, Alphabetically Arranged; with Numerous Statistical Tables and Appropriate EngravingsO. Clapp, 1857 - 704 pages |
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... Island. This small island even today remote, lies in Macquarie Harbour on the west coast of Tasmania. In the first half of the nineteenth century, when for a period of eleven years it was the home at any one time of several hundred men ...
... Island. This small island even today remote, lies in Macquarie Harbour on the west coast of Tasmania. In the first half of the nineteenth century, when for a period of eleven years it was the home at any one time of several hundred men ...
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... island north of Saipan located about 78 miles to the north. The island has the third highest elevation; its extinct crater peaking at about 2,585 feet. The volcanic crater has twin peaks. Inside the huge crater of Anatahan, bubbling mud ...
... island north of Saipan located about 78 miles to the north. The island has the third highest elevation; its extinct crater peaking at about 2,585 feet. The volcanic crater has twin peaks. Inside the huge crater of Anatahan, bubbling mud ...
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Environmental Impact Statement. 2.3.2 Poplar Island The group of islands known as Poplar Island is located in the upper Chesapeake Bay , about 1 mi northwest of Tilghman , Talbot County , Maryland . The islands are situated on the main ...
Environmental Impact Statement. 2.3.2 Poplar Island The group of islands known as Poplar Island is located in the upper Chesapeake Bay , about 1 mi northwest of Tilghman , Talbot County , Maryland . The islands are situated on the main ...
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... Island slender salamander Western snowy plover Southern sea otter Gray whale American peregrine falcon Ashy storm petrel Double - crested cormorant Santa Cruz Island gopher snake Channel Islands spotted skunk Santa Rosa Island fox ...
... Island slender salamander Western snowy plover Southern sea otter Gray whale American peregrine falcon Ashy storm petrel Double - crested cormorant Santa Cruz Island gopher snake Channel Islands spotted skunk Santa Rosa Island fox ...
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... Islands , Western Carolines , TTPI 7 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 32 , 38 , 43 , 49 , 77 , 78 , 92 , 106 28 Palau Museum , Koror , Palau Island , TTPI Peleliu Island , Palau Islands ...
... Islands , Western Carolines , TTPI 7 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 32 , 38 , 43 , 49 , 77 , 78 , 92 , 106 28 Palau Museum , Koror , Palau Island , TTPI Peleliu Island , Palau Islands ...
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Page 340 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
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