Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 2G. Bell & Sons, 1907 |
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Page 170
... Cabruta , below the mouth of the Apure , to have a grand fishing for manatis , with the Indians of their Missions , at the foot of the moun- tain now called El Capuchino . The fat of the animal , known by the name of manati - butter ...
... Cabruta , below the mouth of the Apure , to have a grand fishing for manatis , with the Indians of their Missions , at the foot of the moun- tain now called El Capuchino . The fat of the animal , known by the name of manati - butter ...
Page 173
... Westminster Bridge . * This name alludes , no doubt , to the expedition of Antonio Sedeno .. The port of Caycara , opposite Cabruta , still bears the name of that Con quistador . 174 MOUTH OF THE AFURH . CHAPTER XIX . Junction.
... Westminster Bridge . * This name alludes , no doubt , to the expedition of Antonio Sedeno .. The port of Caycara , opposite Cabruta , still bears the name of that Con quistador . 174 MOUTH OF THE AFURH . CHAPTER XIX . Junction.
Page 186
... Cabruta and the Mission of Atures . There are found the three famous fisheries ; those of Encaramada , or Boca del Cabullare ; of Cucuruparu , or Boca de la Tor- tuga ; and of Pararuma , a little below Carichana . It seems that the ...
... Cabruta and the Mission of Atures . There are found the three famous fisheries ; those of Encaramada , or Boca del Cabullare ; of Cucuruparu , or Boca de la Tor- tuga ; and of Pararuma , a little below Carichana . It seems that the ...
Page 228
... toward their bases , and form vaults suspended over tle surface of the river . We perceived no crocodiles in the raudal ; these animals seem to shun the noise of cataracts . THE RIO META . 229 From Cabruta to the mouth.
... toward their bases , and form vaults suspended over tle surface of the river . We perceived no crocodiles in the raudal ; these animals seem to shun the noise of cataracts . THE RIO META . 229 From Cabruta to the mouth.
Page 229
Alexander von Humboldt Thomasina Ross. THE RIO META . 229 From Cabruta to the mouth of the Rio Sinaruco , a distance of nearly two degrees of latitude , the left bank of the Orinoco is entirely uninhabited ; but to the west of the Raudal ...
Alexander von Humboldt Thomasina Ross. THE RIO META . 229 From Cabruta to the mouth of the Rio Sinaruco , a distance of nearly two degrees of latitude , the left bank of the Orinoco is entirely uninhabited ; but to the west of the Raudal ...
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Amazon America ancient Angostura animals appear Apure Aragua Atabapo Atures banks boat Bonpland Cabruta cacao Calabozo called Caño canoe Caracas Caribs Carichana cassava Cassiquiare cataracts coast colour contain Cordillera covered crocodiles cultivated curare earth east Edited eggs electric Encaramada Esmeralda Europe Father feet fish forests fruit gneiss granite Grenada grünstein Guaviare Guiana gymnotus hornblende humidity hundred Indians inhabitants insects island jaguar Javita Jesuits juice lake latitude leagues Llanos Lower Orinoco Mariara Maypures Meta mission missionary monkeys monks mosquitos mountains mouth nations natives night Nueva Valencia observed Omaguas Orinoco Ottomacs palm-trees passed plains plants Raudal resembles Rio Negro rise river rocks San Fernando savannahs shore soil Spanish species spot steppes strata Tamanacs temperature toises torrid zone Translated travellers trees tribes tributary streams Upper Orinoco Uruana Valencia valleys of Aragua vegetation Ventuari village vols zancudos