Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... Cumana , and Araya CHAPTER XXVII . Political State of the Provinces of Venezuela . - Extent of Territory . -Population . - Natural Productions . - External Trade.- Communications between the different Provinces comprising the Republic ...
... Cumana , and Araya CHAPTER XXVII . Political State of the Provinces of Venezuela . - Extent of Territory . -Population . - Natural Productions . - External Trade.- Communications between the different Provinces comprising the Republic ...
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... Cumana , on the 4th of February , 1797 , was not felt at Angostura ; but in the great earthquake of 1766 , which destroyed the same city , the Europe has learnt the existence of the town of Angostura by the trade carried on by the ...
... Cumana , on the 4th of February , 1797 , was not felt at Angostura ; but in the great earthquake of 1766 , which destroyed the same city , the Europe has learnt the existence of the town of Angostura by the trade carried on by the ...
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... Cumana and Nueva Barcelona . With respect to the inland trade , the most active is that of the province of Varinas , which sends mules , cacao , indigo , cotton , and sugar to Angostura ; and in return receives generos , that is , the ...
... Cumana and Nueva Barcelona . With respect to the inland trade , the most active is that of the province of Varinas , which sends mules , cacao , indigo , cotton , and sugar to Angostura ; and in return receives generos , that is , the ...
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... Cumana , in the gulf of Santa Fé , where it may become one of the articles of exportation from New Andalusia . The Catalonian monks prepare an extract of the Cortex angosturæ , which they send to the convents of their province , and ...
... Cumana , in the gulf of Santa Fé , where it may become one of the articles of exportation from New Andalusia . The Catalonian monks prepare an extract of the Cortex angosturæ , which they send to the convents of their province , and ...
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... Cumana in 1594 , to exchange a great quantity of images of massy gold for iron tools , and Euro- pean merchandise . The unexpected appearance of an Indian chief augmented the celebrity of the riches of the Orinoco . It was supposed that ...
... Cumana in 1594 , to exchange a great quantity of images of massy gold for iron tools , and Euro- pean merchandise . The unexpected appearance of an Indian chief augmented the celebrity of the riches of the Orinoco . It was supposed that ...
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