Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... Angostura . - Palm - inhabiting Tribes . - Missions of the Capuchins . - The Laguna Parime . - El Dorado.- Legendary Tales of the Early Voyagers CHAPTER XXVI . The Llanos del Pao , or Eastern Part of the Plains of Venezuela.- Missions ...
... Angostura . - Palm - inhabiting Tribes . - Missions of the Capuchins . - The Laguna Parime . - El Dorado.- Legendary Tales of the Early Voyagers CHAPTER XXVI . The Llanos del Pao , or Eastern Part of the Plains of Venezuela.- Missions ...
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... Angostura . - Palm - inhabiting tribes . - Missions of the Capuchins . - The Laguna Parime . - El Dorado . - Legendary tales of the early voyagers . I SHALL commence this chapter by a description of Spanish Guiana ( Provincia de la ...
... Angostura . - Palm - inhabiting tribes . - Missions of the Capuchins . - The Laguna Parime . - El Dorado . - Legendary tales of the early voyagers . I SHALL commence this chapter by a description of Spanish Guiana ( Provincia de la ...
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... Angostura * ( the strait ) has been commonly substituted for it . Angostura , the longitude and latitude of which I have already indicated from astronomical observations , stands at the foot of a hill of amphibolic schist bare of ...
... Angostura * ( the strait ) has been commonly substituted for it . Angostura , the longitude and latitude of which I have already indicated from astronomical observations , stands at the foot of a hill of amphibolic schist bare of ...
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... Angostura is little varied ; but the view of the river , which forms a vast canal , stretch- ing from south - west to north - east , is singularly majestic . When the waters are high , the river inundates the quays ; and it sometimes ...
... Angostura is little varied ; but the view of the river , which forms a vast canal , stretch- ing from south - west to north - east , is singularly majestic . When the waters are high , the river inundates the quays ; and it sometimes ...
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... Angostura witnessed this melancholy spec- tacle . The crocodile , owing to the structure of its larynx , of the hyoïdal bone , and of the folds of its tongue , can seize , though not swallow , its prey under water ; thus when a man ...
... Angostura witnessed this melancholy spec- tacle . The crocodile , owing to the structure of its larynx , of the hyoïdal bone , and of the folds of its tongue , can seize , though not swallow , its prey under water ; thus when a man ...
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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 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 nations 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 Spaniards Spanish square leagues strata sugar summits surface table-land tertiary tion toises toises high town trachyte tributary streams Trinidad valley Venezuela volcanic vols voyage West Indies western
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