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Anning River, valley of, the shortest trade-route between Szechuan and

A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Elizabeth Kimball Kendall

For deep-sea or trade-route cruising the smaller craft were of little use.

The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore

Threatened in her corn supply in the west, Sparta began to intrigue with the outlying kingdoms on the north-east, the "Thraceward parts" on the trade-route being the objective.

Authors of Greece T. W. Lumb

Corcyra was of little importance in purely Greek politics, but it happened to possess a large navy and commanded the trade-route to

Authors of Greece T. W. Lumb

With many cunning arguments and specious reasons, the white men stated their case through their interpreter, making much of the point that the new enterprise would open an easier {293} trade-route, by which goods could be brought and sold to the natives at rates lower than those of the Dutch, with whom these people were in the habit of dealing at Fort

French Pathfinders in North America William Henry Johnson

My own notion is of an island near an oceanic trade-route: it might receive débris from passing vessels seven times in four years.

The Book of the Damned Charles Fort

He was guided by Arabs whose trade-route extended to the great Lualaba

A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole

Eight years later Trebizond, the terminal of the trade-route from

A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

Under wise government the monopoly of the African trade-route might have proved extremely valuable, but Philip II, absorbed in other matters, allowed this, too, to slip from his fingers.

A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

Unfortunately for the peace of these primitive peoples, a very convenient trade-route ran through their country.

The Story of Mankind 1921