Our New Possessions: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Philippines - Couverture rigide

Baldwin, James 1841-1925

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1373461489 ISBN 13 : 9781373461483

Editeur : Wentworth Press, 2016

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Physical Features. The island of Cuba is situated directly in front of the broad entrance to the Gulf of Mexico, and its western extremity is ahuost midway between the peninsulas of Yucatan and Florida. It is the largest of a great chain of islands which, extending eastwardly a distance of 1,350 miles from the Gulf, constitute a peculiar geographic region distinct in many of its characters from the regions that are adjacent to it. These islands may be Longitude described as a partially submerged range of mountains the backbone, perhaps, of an ancient continent which now forms the bottom of the sea. This mountain range is highest at its middle part, that is, in eastern Cuba, western Haiti, and northeastern Jamaica. It is lowest at its two extremities in western Cuba and the easternmost of the Virgin I slands, where, with the exception of a few isolated hills, it rises but slightly above the present level of the sea. The loftiest peaks are in Haiti and reach an altitude of nearly 11,000 feet. In Cuba the loftiest summits are those of the Sierra Maestra, where the Pico de Tarquino attains an elevation of 7,750 feet. The mountains are, in the main, composed of masses of noncalcareous formations and igneous rocks. Below 2,0X)0 feet they are flanked by a succession of horizontal terraces, the results of various general upliftings and subsidences alternating A vith long periods of rest.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wentworth Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1373461489
• ISBN 13: 9781373461483
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 38
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