The Quarterly Review, Volume 273John Murray, 1939 - English literature |
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Page 146
... Gulf of Mexico is its fountain , and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas . It is the Gulf Stream . There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters . Its current is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon , and its volume ...
... Gulf of Mexico is its fountain , and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas . It is the Gulf Stream . There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters . Its current is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon , and its volume ...
Page 147
... Gulf Stream , whereas the English were not . He took observa- tions during voyages across the Atlantic , and states : ' A stranger may know when he is in the Gulf Stream by the warmth of the water ; the warmth of that water , which the ...
... Gulf Stream , whereas the English were not . He took observa- tions during voyages across the Atlantic , and states : ' A stranger may know when he is in the Gulf Stream by the warmth of the water ; the warmth of that water , which the ...
Page 149
... Gulf Stream are joined , north of the Bahamas , by those of the Antilles Current which have flowed westward along the northern boundaries of the West Indies . The two unite into a broad current ... GULF STREAM AND BRITISH FISHERIES 149.
... Gulf Stream are joined , north of the Bahamas , by those of the Antilles Current which have flowed westward along the northern boundaries of the West Indies . The two unite into a broad current ... GULF STREAM AND BRITISH FISHERIES 149.
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