Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America, during the years 1799-1804, by A. von Humboldt and A. Bonpland, Volume 2 |
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... zone , whether wild or cultivated , smiling or majestic , has an individual cha- racter . The impressions which she ... torrid zones . On the banks of a lake , in a vast forest , at the foot of summits covered with eternal snow , it is ...
... zone , whether wild or cultivated , smiling or majestic , has an individual cha- racter . The impressions which she ... torrid zones . On the banks of a lake , in a vast forest , at the foot of summits covered with eternal snow , it is ...
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... torrid zone , in a valley surrounded with steep declivities , where a regular breeze and descending currents of air are felt towards evening , and the bottom of which is flat , and looks as if levelled by the waters . It has been ...
... torrid zone , in a valley surrounded with steep declivities , where a regular breeze and descending currents of air are felt towards evening , and the bottom of which is flat , and looks as if levelled by the waters . It has been ...
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... torrid zone , in the West India Islands for instance , the effect of evaporation is three times as much , according to Le Gaux , and double according to Cassan . At Cumana , in a place where the atmosphere is far more loaded with humi ...
... torrid zone , in the West India Islands for instance , the effect of evaporation is three times as much , according to Le Gaux , and double according to Cassan . At Cumana , in a place where the atmosphere is far more loaded with humi ...
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Friedrich Wilhelm H. Alexander freiherr von Humboldt. 12 ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE zones , we must endeavour to solve the ... torrid zone as might be expected from the enormous augmentation of temperature ; because , in those ardent climates ...
Friedrich Wilhelm H. Alexander freiherr von Humboldt. 12 ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE zones , we must endeavour to solve the ... torrid zone as might be expected from the enormous augmentation of temperature ; because , in those ardent climates ...
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... torrid zone . The strata of cold water in Switzerland are of an enormous thickness . They have been found so near the surface in the lakes of Geneva and Bienne , that the decrement of heat in the water was one centesimal degree for ten ...
... torrid zone . The strata of cold water in Switzerland are of an enormous thickness . They have been found so near the surface in the lakes of Geneva and Bienne , that the decrement of heat in the water was one centesimal degree for ten ...
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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 eggs electric Encaramada Esmeralda Europe Father feet fish forests fruit Gili 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 Porto Cabello Raudal resembles Rio Negro rise river rocks San Fernando savannahs shore soil Spanish species spot steppes strata Tamanacs temperature toises torrid zone trees tribes tributary streams Upper Orinoco Uruana Valencia valleys of Aragua vegetation Ventuari village zancudos