 | John Murray - 1838 - 452 pages
...hours' good walking to go from Brieg to Domo d'Ossola. The construction of a route over the Simplón was decided upon by Napoleon immediately after the...difficult passage of the Alps by the Great St. Bernard (at that time one of the easiest Alpine passes) was fresh in his memory. The plans and surveys by which... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1838 - 446 pages
...construction of a route over the Simplon was decided upon by Napoleon immediately afterthe batí le of Marengo, while the recollection of his own difficult passage of the Alps by the Great St. Bernard (at that time one of the easiest Alpine passes) was fresh in his memory. The plans aud surveys by which... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1852 - 512 pages
...12 hours' steady walking from Brieg to Domo d'Ossola. The construction of a route over the Simplón was decided upon by Napoleon immediately after the...difficult passage of the Alps by the Great St. Bernard (at that time one of the easiest Alpine passes) was fresh in his memory. The plans and surveys by which... | |
 | John Wilson (writer on astronomy.) - 1856 - 532 pages
...great and small, between Brieg and Sesto amounts to 611. There are ten galleries, besides termces, of massive masonry, miles in length. The breadth of...roads of the Great and Little St. Bernard, the St. Gotbard, and the Simplon ; Napoleon himself, with the main body, crossing the Great St. Bernard; two... | |
 | John Murray - 1858 - 558 pages
...part of the pass till dark. The construction of a route over the Simplón was decided upon by Xapoleon immediately after the battle of Marengo, while the...difficult passage of the Alps by the Great St. Bernard (at that time one of the easiest Alpine passes) was fresh in his memory. The plans and surveys by which... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1864 - 332 pages
...undertaking, so ably recorded on the medal — the road over the Simplon. " The construction " of a route over the Simplon was decided upon by Napoleon " immediately after the battle of Marengo, while the recollec" tion of his own difficult passage of the Alps by the Great " St. Bernard, at that time one... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1864 - 342 pages
...undertaking, so ably recorded on the medal — the road over the Simplon. " The construction " of a route over the Simplon was decided upon by Napoleon " immediately after the battle of Marengo, while the recollec" tion of his own difficult passage of the Alps by the Great " St. Bernard, at that time one... | |
 | Samuel Manning - 1866 - 228 pages
...supplies the facts respecting the construction of this magnif1cent road : " The construction of a route over the Simplon was decided upon by Napoleon immediately...difficult passage of the Alps by the Great St. Bernard (at that time one of the easiest Alpine passes) was fresh in his memory. The plans and surveys by which... | |
 | Samuel Manning - 1866 - 248 pages
...supplies the facts respecting the construction of this magnif1cent road : " The construction of a route over the Simplon was decided upon by Napoleon immediately...difficult passage of the Alps by the Great St. Bernard (at that time one of the easiest Alpine . BRIEG, ON THE SIMIM.ON. passes) was fresh in his memory.... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1872 - 782 pages
...September the diligence does not reach the finest part of the pass till dark. The construction of a route over the Simplon was decided upon by Napoleon immediately...difficult passage of the Alps by the Great St. Bernard (at that time one of the easiest Alpine passes) was fresh in his memory. The plans and surveys by which... | |
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The construction of a route over the Simplon was decided upon by Napoleon immediately after the battle of Marengo, while the recollection of his own difficult passage of the Alps by the Great St. Bernard (at that time one of the easiest Alpine passes)... 