Each convulsion swept away portions of the land, until the whole disappeared, leaving the line of the coast as it is now. Most of the inhabitants, overtaken amid their regular employments, were destroyed; but some escaped in ships, and some fled for safety... Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology - Seite 176von John Denison Baldwin - 1871 - 299 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Ignatius Donnelly - 1882 - 516 Seiten
...the whole disappeared, leaving the line of coast as it now is. Most of the inhabitants, over taken amid their regular employments, were destroyed ; but...high mountains, or to portions of the land which for a time escaped immediate destruction." (Baldwin's "Ancient America," p. 176.) Tins accords precisely... | |
| S. F. Walker - 1887 - 224 Seiten
...frightful earthquakes, and the waves Of the sea combined with volcanic fires to overwhelm and engulf it. Each convulsion swept away portions of the land,...fled for safety to the summits of high mountains, to portions of land which for the time escaped immediate destruction. Quotations are made from the... | |
| 1889 - 656 Seiten
...earthquakes, and the waves of the sea combined with volcanic fires to overwhelm and engulf it. ... Most of the inhabitants, overtaken amid their regular...employments, were destroyed, but some escaped in ships, or fled. ... to portions of the land that escaped immediate destruction. Quotations are made from the... | |
| Norman Barton Wood - 1906 - 782 Seiten
...frightful earthquakes, and the waves of the sea combined with volcanic fires to overwhelm and engulf it." Each convulsion swept away portions of the land,...high mountains, or to portions of the land which, for a time, escaped immediate destruction. Quotations are made from the old books in which this tradition... | |
| Norman Barton Wood - 1906 - 806 Seiten
...frightful earthquakes. and the waves of the sea combined with volcanic fires to overwhelm and engulf it." Each convulsion swept away portions of the land,...overtaken amid their regular employments, were destroyed ; hut some escaped in ships, and some fled for safety to the summits of high mountains, or to portions... | |
| Brigham Henry Roberts - 1909 - 604 Seiten
...continent extending into the Atlantic was destroyed in the manner supposed, [submerged] and appear to indicate that the destruction was accomplished...portions of the land which, for the time, escaped 'Native Races, Vol. V., pp. 127, 129. immediate destruction. Quotations are made from the old books... | |
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