Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... Raleigh's expense was in 1595 ; the second , that of Laurence Keymis , in 1596 ; the third , described by Thomas Masham , in 1597 ; and the fourth , in 1617. The first and last only were performed by Raleigh in person . This celebrated ...
... Raleigh's expense was in 1595 ; the second , that of Laurence Keymis , in 1596 ; the third , described by Thomas Masham , in 1597 ; and the fourth , in 1617. The first and last only were performed by Raleigh in person . This celebrated ...
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... Raleigh , whom the Spanish writers of the conquest know only by the name of the pirate Reali . The third town , now the capital of the province , is fifty leagues west of the confluence of the Carony . It was begun in 1764 , under the ...
... Raleigh , whom the Spanish writers of the conquest know only by the name of the pirate Reali . The third town , now the capital of the province , is fifty leagues west of the confluence of the Carony . It was begun in 1764 , under the ...
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... Raleigh , one of the branches of the Tivitivas . See Discovery of Guiana , 1576 , p . 90 , and the sketch of the habitations of the Guaraons , in Raleghi brevis Descrip . Guiana , 1594 , tab . 4 . This sect was founded by Simeon ...
... Raleigh , one of the branches of the Tivitivas . See Discovery of Guiana , 1576 , p . 90 , and the sketch of the habitations of the Guaraons , in Raleghi brevis Descrip . Guiana , 1594 , tab . 4 . This sect was founded by Simeon ...
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... Raleigh have shed so bright a splendour . From the general disposition of the course of the Orinoco , directed ... Raleigh , p . 64 , 69. I always quote , when the contrary is not ex- THE LAKE CASSIPA . 33 tries . Raleigh gives this.
... Raleigh have shed so bright a splendour . From the general disposition of the course of the Orinoco , directed ... Raleigh , p . 64 , 69. I always quote , when the contrary is not ex- THE LAKE CASSIPA . 33 tries . Raleigh gives this.
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... Raleigh gives this basin forty miles in breadth ; and , as all the lakes of Parima must have auriferous sands , he ... Raleigh , disappeared ? or did some misapprehension give rise to these denomi- nations ? I am surprised to find the ...
... Raleigh gives this basin forty miles in breadth ; and , as all the lakes of Parima must have auriferous sands , he ... Raleigh , disappeared ? or did some misapprehension give rise to these denomi- nations ? I am surprised to find the ...
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