The Island World of the Pacific OceanHoward & Pariser, 1885 - 337 Seiten |
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... WINDS , RAINS AND STORMS OF THE PACIFIC . Velocity and Force of Wind . - Monsoons . - Effect of Mon- soons . - Typhoons - Their Explanation . - Rainfall of the Pacific Islands . - List of ( with Latitude and Longi- tude ) the Principal ...
... WINDS , RAINS AND STORMS OF THE PACIFIC . Velocity and Force of Wind . - Monsoons . - Effect of Mon- soons . - Typhoons - Their Explanation . - Rainfall of the Pacific Islands . - List of ( with Latitude and Longi- tude ) the Principal ...
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... wind , Draw the huge bottoms through the furrow'd sea , Breasting the lofty surge . ( Henry V. Act III . ) W AUSTRAL ISLES . EST by north from Pitcairn , and almost due south from the Paumotus , lie the Austral Isles . The group ...
... wind , Draw the huge bottoms through the furrow'd sea , Breasting the lofty surge . ( Henry V. Act III . ) W AUSTRAL ISLES . EST by north from Pitcairn , and almost due south from the Paumotus , lie the Austral Isles . The group ...
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... winds and currents . They have also wonderful weapons , the blades of which are edged with sharks ' teeth , and a defensive armor of braided sennit , also peculiar to the islands . In hollowing out their canoes they use a large adze ...
... winds and currents . They have also wonderful weapons , the blades of which are edged with sharks ' teeth , and a defensive armor of braided sennit , also peculiar to the islands . In hollowing out their canoes they use a large adze ...
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... winds . March is usually the worst and most boisterous month of the year , the winds being still variable , and gales occurring from north to north- west . Copious rains fall from the beginning of De- cember to March . June and July are ...
... winds . March is usually the worst and most boisterous month of the year , the winds being still variable , and gales occurring from north to north- west . Copious rains fall from the beginning of De- cember to March . June and July are ...
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... winds Close sailing from Bengala , or the isles Of Ternate and Tidore , where merchants bring Their spicy drugs . MILTON ( Paradise Lost . ) SUMATRA . E \ XTENDING in an oblique direction , to the north- west , lying almost immediately ...
... winds Close sailing from Bengala , or the isles Of Ternate and Tidore , where merchants bring Their spicy drugs . MILTON ( Paradise Lost . ) SUMATRA . E \ XTENDING in an oblique direction , to the north- west , lying almost immediately ...
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