 | Bernard O'Reilly - 1818 - Počet stránok 278
...upon the debris of the mountain : the parts however next the water were bare of snow. From the great distance at which it first becomes visible above the...appearance of stupendous pyramids, a resemblance which is much heightened by the stratification exhibiting horizontal and parallel fissure, similar to regular... | |
 | William Joseph Snelling - 1831 - Počet stránok 552
...to Disko Island. It is table land, the interior parts more elevated than the sides. From the great distance at which it first becomes visible above the...mile in perpendicular height. The face of the rock is worn into channels, for the discharge of the dissolved snow, which, as they grow narrower in their... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1832 - Počet stránok 1028
...since. Passing the colonies of Sukkertoppen and Holsteinburg, we cometoDisko Island. From the great distance at which it first becomes visible above the...must be more than a mile in perpendicular height. Disko Bay is an hundred and twenty leagues in circuit, and has the most productive fishery of any in... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1841 - Počet stránok 516
...since. Passing the colonies of Sukkertoppen and Holsteinburg, we come to Disko Island. From the great distance at which, it first becomes visible above...must be more than a mile in perpendicular height. Disko Bay is 120 leagues in circuit, and has the most productive fishery of any in Greenland. There... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1856 - Počet stránok 932
...Passing the colonies of' Sukkértoppen and Holsteinburg, w« come to Disko Island. Frora.ilj6' great distance at which, it „first becomes visible above the horizon, this island must be in9f¿ "than a mile in perpendicular height. Disko Bay is 1 20 leagues in circuit, and has the moat... | |
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... famous missionary Egede. Some thousands of the natives formerly dwelt in this vicinity ; but in 1733 the ravages of the smallpox thinned their numbers, and their population has been on the decline ever since. Passing the colonies of Sukkertoppen and... 