 ISLANDS were discovered in 1521 by Magellan, and they were named after Philip II. of Spain. There are ten principal islands, 400 of medium size, and 800 islets, running 900 miles from north to south, and 500 miles from east to west, from lat. 5° 40'...  Area Handbook for Burma - Page 9by John William Henderson, American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies - 1971 - 341 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1884 - 266 pages
...detailed lessons on them here.] 1. The British Islands are in the north-west of Europe. They stretch 600 miles from north to south, and 500 miles from east to west, between the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean ; and they extend further west than any part of the Continent.... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1885 - 1142 pages
...Philip II. of Spain. There are ten principal islands, 400 of medium size, and 800 islets, running 900 miles from north to south, and 500 miles from east to west, from lat. 5° 40' to 18° 47' N., and between the meridians of 120° and 125° E. The larger islands... | |
 | 1915 - 532 pages
...conditions. As this feature is characteristic of the Greenhorn limestone in a region more than 2,000 miles from north to south and 500 miles from east to west in the Great Plains province, it shows that the conditions of deposition were uniform over a wide area.... | |
 | 1922 - 474 pages
...degrees wide in the extreme south, lies within the torrid zone. It forms a compact block, about 900 miles from north to south, and 500 miles from east to west, with a coast line slightly exceeding 1000 miles in length. Unlike the eastern States of Australia,... | |
 | American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies, Thomas Duval Roberts - 1968 - 398 pages
...tropics. The country's outline can be compared to that of a diamond-shaped kite with a long tail. At its points of maximum extent, the kite's body stretches...protruding from the southeastern flank of the kite, extends for another 500 miles to its terminus on the narrow Isthmus of Kra, which is shared with Thailand.... | |
 | 1922 - 532 pages
...degrees wide in the extreme south, lies within the torrid zone. It forms a compact block, about 900 miles from north to south, and 500 miles from east to west, with a coast line slightly exceeding 1000 miles in length. Unlike the eastern States of Australia,... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1885 - 1140 pages
...Philip II. of Spain. There are ten principal islands, 400 of medium size, and 800 islets, running 900 miles from north to south, and 500 miles from east to west, from lat, 5° 40' to 18° 47-' N., and between the meridians of 120° and 125° E. The larger islands... | |
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