Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... Guiana . - Angostura . - Palm - inhabiting Tribes . - Missions of the Capuchins . - The Laguna Parime . - El Dorado.- Legendary Tales of the Early Voyagers CHAPTER XXVI . Page 1 The Llanos del Pao , or Eastern Part of the Plains of ...
... Guiana . - Angostura . - Palm - inhabiting Tribes . - Missions of the Capuchins . - The Laguna Parime . - El Dorado.- Legendary Tales of the Early Voyagers CHAPTER XXVI . Page 1 The Llanos del Pao , or Eastern Part of the Plains of ...
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... Guiana . - 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 ...
... Guiana . - 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 ...
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... Guiana , was called corteza or cascarilla del Angostura ( Cortex Angostura ) . Botanists so little guessed the origin of this geographical denomination that they began by writing Augustura , and then Augusta . Hornblendschiefer ...
... Guiana , was called corteza or cascarilla del Angostura ( Cortex Angostura ) . Botanists so little guessed the origin of this geographical denomination that they began by writing Augustura , and then Augusta . Hornblendschiefer ...
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... Guiana , should ever be delivered from these reptiles . All that will be gained by civilization will be , to render them more timid and more easily put to flight . Affecting instances are related of African slaves , who have exposed ...
... Guiana , should ever be delivered from these reptiles . All that will be gained by civilization will be , to render them more timid and more easily put to flight . Affecting instances are related of African slaves , who have exposed ...
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... Guiana , however , it was far from being equal to that of Stabroek , the nearest English town . The mouths of the Orinoco have an advantage over every other part in Terra Firma . They afford the most prompt communications with the ...
... Guiana , however , it was far from being equal to that of Stabroek , the nearest English town . The mouths of the Orinoco have an advantage over every other part in Terra Firma . They afford the most prompt communications with the ...
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