Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... Europe . Translated by Roscoe . L'or- traits . In 2 vols . Smith's ( Adam ) Theory of the Moral Sentiments ; with his Essay on the First Formation of Languages . Sculptors , and Architects . Translated by Mrs. FOSTER . 5 vols . Wesley's ...
... Europe . Translated by Roscoe . L'or- traits . In 2 vols . Smith's ( Adam ) Theory of the Moral Sentiments ; with his Essay on the First Formation of Languages . Sculptors , and Architects . Translated by Mrs. FOSTER . 5 vols . Wesley's ...
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... Europe has learnt the existence of the town of Angostura by the trade carried on by the Catalonians in the Carony bark , which is the beneficial bark of the Bonplanda trifoliata . This bark , coming from Nueva Guiana , was called ...
... Europe has learnt the existence of the town of Angostura by the trade carried on by the Catalonians in the Carony bark , which is the beneficial bark of the Bonplanda trifoliata . This bark , coming from Nueva Guiana , was called ...
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... Europe . It is particularly so in villages where the neighbouring grounds are often inundated . The same crocodiles remain long in the same places . They become from year to year more daring , especially , as the Indians assert , if ...
... Europe . It is particularly so in villages where the neighbouring grounds are often inundated . The same crocodiles remain long in the same places . They become from year to year more daring , especially , as the Indians assert , if ...
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... Europe takes from thirty to thirty - five days . These mouths being placed to windward of all the islands , the vessels of Angos- tura can maintain a more advantageous commerce with the West Indies than La Guayra and Porto Cabello . The ...
... Europe takes from thirty to thirty - five days . These mouths being placed to windward of all the islands , the vessels of Angos- tura can maintain a more advantageous commerce with the West Indies than La Guayra and Porto Cabello . The ...
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... Europe . I have seen long boats ( lanchas ) set off , the cargoes of which were valued at eight or ten thousand ... European commerce . When a vessel coming from sea would enter the prin- cipal mouth of the Orinoco , the Boca de Navios ...
... Europe . I have seen long boats ( lanchas ) set off , the cargoes of which were valued at eight or ten thousand ... European commerce . When a vessel coming from sea would enter the prin- cipal mouth of the Orinoco , the Boca de Navios ...
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