The International Year Book: A Compendium of the World's Progress During the Year 1898-1902Frank Moore Colby, Harry Thurston Peck Dodd, Mead, 1899 |
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... France . It is composed of five sections : painting , sculpture , architecture , engraving , and musical compo- sition . On its roll of members are many of the most noted names of France . ACADEMIE DES INSCRIPTONS ET BELLES LETTRES ...
... France . It is composed of five sections : painting , sculpture , architecture , engraving , and musical compo- sition . On its roll of members are many of the most noted names of France . ACADEMIE DES INSCRIPTONS ET BELLES LETTRES ...
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... France and Germany and with the native princes , included in 1898 about 500,000 square miles . Along the coast at the mouth of the river this territory is known as the Niger Coast Protectorate and is administered by the Royal Niger ...
... France and Germany and with the native princes , included in 1898 about 500,000 square miles . Along the coast at the mouth of the river this territory is known as the Niger Coast Protectorate and is administered by the Royal Niger ...
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... France to establish herself on the Nile would be regarded as " an un- friendly act . " On the eastern coast France has a little wedge of territory called Obok , or Obock , extending inland from the mouth of the Red Sea , opposite the ...
... France to establish herself on the Nile would be regarded as " an un- friendly act . " On the eastern coast France has a little wedge of territory called Obok , or Obock , extending inland from the mouth of the Red Sea , opposite the ...
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... France , whose contest was carried on in two widely separated parts of the continent - first in West Africa in the region of the Upper Niger , and second in East Africa in the region of the Upper Nile . Of these two disputes the second ...
... France , whose contest was carried on in two widely separated parts of the continent - first in West Africa in the region of the Upper Niger , and second in East Africa in the region of the Upper Nile . Of these two disputes the second ...
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... France for more than sixty years , the French element is surprisingly small . In 1896 there were only 318,127 French inhabitants , while the other foreign residents exceeded these in number by over 100,000 . The commerce of Algeria is ...
... France for more than sixty years , the French element is surprisingly small . In 1896 there were only 318,127 French inhabitants , while the other foreign residents exceeded these in number by over 100,000 . The commerce of Algeria is ...
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