Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... Llanos del Pao , or Eastern Part of the Plains of Venezuela .-- Missions of the Caribs . - Last Visit to the Coast of Nueva Barcelona , Cumana , and Araya CHAPTER XXVII . Political State of the Provinces of Venezuela . - Extent of ...
... Llanos del Pao , or Eastern Part of the Plains of Venezuela .-- Missions of the Caribs . - Last Visit to the Coast of Nueva Barcelona , Cumana , and Araya CHAPTER XXVII . Political State of the Provinces of Venezuela . - Extent of ...
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... Llanos . The fatal catastrophe of 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 ...
... Llanos . The fatal catastrophe of 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 ...
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... ( Llanos ) destitute of habitations , and extend- ing beyond the sources of the Rio Mamo , toward the table- land or mesa of Guanipa . On the south we find three popu- lous villages belonging to the missions of Carony , namely , San ...
... ( Llanos ) destitute of habitations , and extend- ing beyond the sources of the Rio Mamo , toward the table- land or mesa of Guanipa . On the south we find three popu- lous villages belonging to the missions of Carony , namely , San ...
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... Llanos of Calabozo and the valleys of Aragua . The real wealth of this country is founded on the care of the herds and the cultivation of colonial produce . It were to be wished that here , as in the fine and fertile pro- vince of ...
... Llanos of Calabozo and the valleys of Aragua . The real wealth of this country is founded on the care of the herds and the cultivation of colonial produce . It were to be wished that here , as in the fine and fertile pro- vince of ...
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... Llanos , which were said to abound in gold ; and made a long stay at an Indian village called Pueblo de Nuestra Señora , and afterwards La Fragua , south - east of the Paramo de la Suma Paz . I have been on the western back of this ...
... Llanos , which were said to abound in gold ; and made a long stay at an Indian village called Pueblo de Nuestra Señora , and afterwards La Fragua , south - east of the Paramo de la Suma Paz . I have been on the western back of this ...
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