 should have been called ' a vast plain' or ' enormous fertile valley,' is to me inexplicable. More variation of surface, perhaps, does not occur in any country ; and where we should be most inclined to look for such features, namely, on its great artery,...  Five months on the Yang-Tsze - Página 56por Thomas Wright Blakiston - 1862Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1863 - 514 páginas
...continue his progress up the river on the 2nd of March. " Why China," says Captain Blakiston, " should have been called ' a vast plain' or ' enormous fertile...to please the most exacting of tourists. Commencing at the mouth of the Yang-tsze-kiang, there is naturally a considerable extent of flat alluvial land,... | |
 | 1863 - 514 páginas
...continue his progress up the river on the 2nd of March. " Why China," says Captain Blakiston, " should have been called ' a vast plain' or ' enormous fertile...to please the most exacting of tourists. Commencing at the mouth of the Yang-tsze-kiang, there is naturally a considerable extent of flat alluvial land,... | |
 | 1863 - 520 páginas
...up the river on the 2nd of March. " Why China," says Captain Blakiston, " should have been called ta vast plain' or ' enormous fertile valley,' is to me...to please the most exacting of tourists. Commencing at the mouth of the Yang-tsze-kiang, there is naturally a considerable extent of flat alluvial land,... | |
 | Sir Henry Keppel - 1899 - 384 páginas
...a "vast plain" or "an enormous fertile valley." More variation of surface, perhaps, does not appear in any country, and where we should be most inclined...look for such features, namely on its great artery, it is diversified enough to please the most exacting of tourists. Commencing at the mouth of the Yang-tse-kiang,... | |
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