 | John Murray - 1838 - 452 Seiten
...hours' good walking to go from Brieg to Domo d'Ossola. The construction of a route over the Simplón was decided upon by Napoleon immediately after the...difficult passage of the Alps by the Great St. Bernard (at that time one of the easiest Alpine passes) was fresh in his memory. The plans and surveys by which... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1838 - 446 Seiten
...construction of a route over the Simplon was decided upon by Napoleon immediately afterthe batí le of Marengo, while the recollection of his own difficult passage of the Alps by the Great St. Bernard (at that time one of the easiest Alpine passes) was fresh in his memory. The plans aud surveys by which... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1852 - 512 Seiten
...12 hours' steady walking from Brieg to Domo d'Ossola. The construction of a route over the Simplón was decided upon by Napoleon immediately after the...difficult passage of the Alps by the Great St. Bernard (at that time one of the easiest Alpine passes) was fresh in his memory. The plans and surveys by which... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 524 Seiten
...great and small, between Brieg and Sesto amounts to 611. There are ten galleries, besides terraces, of massive masonry, miles in length. The breadth of...roads of the Great and Little St. Bernard, the St. Gothard, and the Simplon; Napoleon himself, with the main body, crossing the Great St. Bernard; two... | |
 | John Wilson (writer in astronomy.) - 1856 - 524 Seiten
...great and small, between Brieg and Sesto amounts to 611. There are ten galleries, besides terraces, of massive masonry, miles in length. The breadth of...Great St. Bernard was said to be fresh in his memory. in crossing the Alps : four moved upon Lombardy by the roads of the Great and Little St. Bernard, the... | |
 | John Murray - 1858 - 558 Seiten
...part of the pass till dark. The construction of a route over the Simplón was decided upon by Xapoleon immediately after the battle of Marengo, while the...difficult passage of the Alps by the Great St. Bernard (at that time one of the easiest Alpine passes) was fresh in his memory. The plans and surveys by which... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1864 - 332 Seiten
...undertaking, so ably recorded on the medal — the road over the Simplon. " The construction " of a route over the Simplon was decided upon by Napoleon " immediately after the battle of Marengo, while the recollec" tion of his own difficult passage of the Alps by the Great " St. Bernard, at that time one... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1864 - 342 Seiten
...undertaking, so ably recorded on the medal — the road over the Simplon. " The construction " of a route over the Simplon was decided upon by Napoleon " immediately after the battle of Marengo, while the recollec" tion of his own difficult passage of the Alps by the Great " St. Bernard, at that time one... | |
 | Samuel Manning - 1866 - 228 Seiten
...supplies the facts respecting the construction of this magnif1cent road : " The construction of a route over the Simplon was decided upon by Napoleon immediately...difficult passage of the Alps by the Great St. Bernard (at that time one of the easiest Alpine passes) was fresh in his memory. The plans and surveys by which... | |
 | Samuel Manning - 1866 - 248 Seiten
...supplies the facts respecting the construction of this magnif1cent road : " The construction of a route over the Simplon was decided upon by Napoleon immediately...difficult passage of the Alps by the Great St. Bernard (at that time one of the easiest Alpine . BRIEG, ON THE SIMIM.ON. passes) was fresh in his memory.... | |
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The construction of a route over the Simplon was decided upon by Napoleon immediately after the battle of Marengo, while the recollection of his own difficult passage of the Alps by the Great St. Bernard (at that time one of the easiest Alpine passes)... 