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Now the trajectory followed by the projectile dragged it precisely towards that mountainous region of the southern hemisphere where rise the finest specimens of lunar orography.
From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules
What could be objected to conscientious observations made at less than forty miles from that curious mountain of Tycho, the strangest mountain system of lunar orography?
From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules
But the observations of scientific travellers have recently thrown great light on the orography of Portuguese America.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Humboldt, Alexander von
Beyond question the orography is more accurately given than anywhere else; in this respect, indeed, no other country can compare with it.
From Above the Snow Line by Dent, Clinton Thomas
But even in the popular nomenclature one finds the orography of Martinique, as well as of other West Indian islands, regularly classified by pitons, mornes, and monts or montagnes.
From Two Years in the French West Indies by Hearn, Lafcadio
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