Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3G. Bell & Sons, 1908 |
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... which I have indicated above , I have constructed a map of the country bounded by the delta of the Orinoco , the Carony , and the Cuyuni . This part of Guiana , from its proximity to the POPULATION OF GUIANA . 19 coast , will some day.
... which I have indicated above , I have constructed a map of the country bounded by the delta of the Orinoco , the Carony , and the Cuyuni . This part of Guiana , from its proximity to the POPULATION OF GUIANA . 19 coast , will some day.
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... maps . The idea of an auriferous earth , emi- nently rich , has been connected , ever since the end of the sixteenth century , with that of a great inland lake , which furnishes at the same time waters to the Orinoco , the Rio Branco ...
... maps . The idea of an auriferous earth , emi- nently rich , has been connected , ever since the end of the sixteenth century , with that of a great inland lake , which furnishes at the same time waters to the Orinoco , the Rio Branco ...
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... maps . The apparent diversity of names arises partly from the difference of the dialects spoken by one and the same family of people , partly from the imperfection of our European orthography , and from the extreme negligence with which ...
... maps . The apparent diversity of names arises partly from the difference of the dialects spoken by one and the same family of people , partly from the imperfection of our European orthography , and from the extreme negligence with which ...
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... maps , is much slower than might be supposed from the number of useful results which are found scattered in the works of different nations . Astronomical observations and topographic information accu- mulate during a long lapse of years ...
... maps , is much slower than might be supposed from the number of useful results which are found scattered in the works of different nations . Astronomical observations and topographic information accu- mulate during a long lapse of years ...
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Alexander von Humboldt Thomasina Ross. ERRORS IN THE BEST MAPS . 29 and the local circumstances , such as they can now be des- cribed , it will be easy to conceive how the different hypo- theses recorded on our maps have taken rise by ...
Alexander von Humboldt Thomasina Ross. ERRORS IN THE BEST MAPS . 29 and the local circumstances , such as they can now be des- cribed , it will be easy to conceive how the different hypo- theses recorded on our maps have taken rise by ...
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Amazon amphibolic ancient Angostura appears Apure arrobas auriferous banks basin Batabano branches Brazil Cape Caracas Caribs Caripe Carony Carthagena Cayo Cerro coast colonies contains Cordillera cultivation Cumana Cumanacoa Cundinamarca direction Dorado east eastern Edited Essequibo Europe extend formations gneiss gold granite Grenada Guiana gulf Havannah height Indians inhabitants island of Cuba isthmus Jura limestone kilogrammes knot Laguna lake land latitude limestone Llanos Lower Orinoco Magdalena maps Mariara meridian Mexico mica-slate mountains mouth natives northern Nueva Barcelona observed Omaguas Orinoco palm-tree parallel peninsula of Araya Peru piastres plains population port province Punta Quito Raleigh region ridge Rio Branco Rio Negro rise river rocks sandstone Santa shore Sierra Parime slaves soil South America southern Spain Spanish square leagues strata sugar summits surface table-land tertiary tion toises toises high town trachyte Translated tributary streams Trinidad valley Venezuela volcanic vols voyage western