| Wellington Williams - 1851 - 596 Seiten
...and English, which completely annihilated the power of the former in North America. Wolfe's Cove ia the place where Gen. Wolfe landed, in the night, previous...rivers St. Lawrence and St. Charles, 340 miles from the month of the former, in N. Lat. 46° 48' 49", and in W. Lon. 71° 10' 45". Pop. about 40,000. The promontory,... | |
| Wellington Williams - 1855 - 402 Seiten
...place where Gen. Wolfe landed, in the night, previous to the battle of the Plains of Abraham. As wo approach the city, the first view is striking in the...Lon. 71° 10' 45". Pop. about 40,000. The promontory, heio called Cape Diamond, is surmounted by the Citadel, a fortress occupying the most elevated point... | |
| 1857 - 398 Seiten
...been constructed, communicating with the city over the northeastern glacis." " The city is built on the extremity of a ridge terminating in the angle formed by the junction of the two rivers on the point called Cape Diamond, which here rises to the height of about 340 feet above... | |
| John Disturnell - 1857 - 412 Seiten
...been constructed, communicating with the city over the northeastern glacis." " The city is built on the extremity of a ridge terminating in the angle formed by the junction of the two rivers on the point called Cape Diamond, which here rises to the height of about 340 feet above... | |
| 1864 - 352 Seiten
...been constructed, communicating with the city over the northeastern glacis." " The city is built on the extremity of a ridge terminating in the angle formed by the junction of the two rivers on the point called Cape Diamond, which here rises to the height of about 340 feet above... | |
| John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1866 - 534 Seiten
...it is joined by the St. Charles, about 340 m. from the mouth of the former. Pop. 62,138 in 1801. The city occupies the extremity of a ridge, terminating in the angle formed by the junction of the two rivers, in the point called Cape Diamond, rising to the height of nearly 310 ft, above the... | |
| John Ramsay McCulloch - 1866 - 538 Seiten
...St. Charlen, nlxuit 340 m. from the mouth of the former. Pop. (¡2,1.48 in 1861. The city «ecupie* the extremity of a ridge, terminating in the angle formed by the junction of the two rivers, in the point called Cape Diamond, rising to the height of nearly 340 ft. above the... | |
| Charles H. Allen (F.R.G.S.) - 1870 - 382 Seiten
...The rock on which Quebec is built rises to the height of more than 300 feet above the river. It is the extremity of a ridge, terminating in the angle formed by the junction of the two rivers, the St. Lawrence and the St. Charles, and although nearly 200 miles below Montreal,... | |
| J. Maurice Dempsey - 1871 - 726 Seiten
...and 650 m. from New York, nil Boston and Portland; lat. 46° 50' N., Ion. 72° o' \V. Pop. 63,000. It occupies the extremity of a ridge, terminating in the angle formed by the junction of the two rivers in the point called Cape Diamond, rising to a height of 340 ft. above the St. Lawrence.... | |
| 1871 - 128 Seiten
...and the St. Charles, 180 miles below Montreal, and 400 miles above the gulf. "The city is built on the extremity of a ridge terminating in the angle formed by the junction of the two rivers, on the point called Cape Diamond, which here rises to the height of about 340 fuet... | |
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