 | Europe - 1850 - 458 pages
...afterwards destroyed by fire, and in 1830 the present building was commenced from the design of Schenkel. It is in the form of a square, each side of which is 180 feet long, and its height to the top of the cross is a hundred feet. A flight of 14 steps leads... | |
 | Richard Swainson Fisher - Geography - 1852 - 752 pages
...native Spanish brandies, are very common, and have a gay appearance. The city markets are well-supplied with animal and vegetable productions. The latter...cultivated on the chinampas, or floating islands, on the lakes, which are extremely fertile. Turkeys, fowls, pigeons, and many varieties of wild water-fowl,... | |
 | RICHARD S. FISHER - 1853 - 638 pages
...native Spanish brandies, are very common, and have a gay appearance. The city markets are well-supplied with animal and vegetable productions. The latter are chiefly cultivated on the cliinampas, or floating islands, on the lakes, which are extremely fertile. Turkeys, fowls, pigeons,... | |
 | William O. Blake - Geography - 1855 - 1010 pages
...and native Spanish brandies, are very common, and have a gay appearance. The city markets are well supplied with animal and vegetable productions. The...cultivated on the chinampas, or floating islands, on the lakes, which are extremely fertile. Turkeys, fowls, pigeons, and many varieties of wild water... | |
 | Sarah S. Cornell - Geography - 1857 - 422 pages
...of carefully cultivated fields, enclosed by lofty mountains, about two miles from Lake Tezcuco. The city is in the form of a square (each side of which...chinampas, or floating islands, in the adjacent lakes. LA PUERLA, a large city, lies about 80 miles to the south-east of the city of Mexico. It is noted for... | |
 | Sarah S. Cornell - Geography - 1857 - 420 pages
...of carefully cultivated fields, enclosed by lofty mouutains, abotit two miles from Lake Tezcuco. The city is in the form of a square (each side of which...productions ; the latter are chiefly cultivated on the chinampcw, or floating islands, in the adjacent lakes. LA PUEBLA, a large city, lies about 80 miles... | |
 | Sophia S. Cornell - Geography - 1863 - 114 pages
...enclosed by lofty mountains, about two miles from Lake Tezcuco. The city is in the form of a square, and is enclosed by high walls. It is noted for its numerous churehes, convents, and squares. Guadalaxara, situated near the Rio Grande de Santiago, is, next to... | |
 | Kensey Johns Stewart - Geography - 1864 - 268 pages
...of carefully cultivated fields, enclosed by lofty mountains, about two miles from Lake Tezcuco. The city is in the form of a square (each side of which...and is enclosed by high walls. It is noted for its churches, convents, and squares. The city markets are supplied with animal and vegetable productions... | |
 | Sophia S. Cornell - Geography - 1867 - 424 pages
...of carefully cultivated fields, enclosed by lofty mountains, about two miles from Lake Tezcuco. The city is in the form of a square (each side of which...about 9,000 feet in length), and is enclosed by high TV alls. It is noted for its numerous churches, convents and squares. The city markets are abundantly... | |
 | Sophia S. Cornell - Geography - 1877 - 418 pages
...of carefully cultivated fields, enclosed by lofty mountains, about two miles from Lake Tezcnco. The city is in the form of a square (each side of which...squares. The city markets are abundantly supplied with vegetables, raised chiefly on the chinampas, or floating islands, in the adjacent lakes. LA PUBBLA,... | |
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MEXICO, the capital, is situated in a vast plain of carefully cultivated fields, enclosed by lofty mountains, about two miles from Lake Tezcuco. The city is in the form of a square (each side of which is about 9,000 feet in length), and is enclosed by... 
