Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... . GEOGNOSTIC DESCRIPTION OF SOUTH AMERICA - North of the River Amazon , and East of the Meridian of the Sierra Nevada de Merida . INDEX . Page • 153 · 199 228 · 285 • 409 PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS OF.
... . GEOGNOSTIC DESCRIPTION OF SOUTH AMERICA - North of the River Amazon , and East of the Meridian of the Sierra Nevada de Merida . INDEX . Page • 153 · 199 228 · 285 • 409 PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS OF.
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... sierra , ni montana . " [ Beyond the province of Canela there are found very rich countries ( though without mountains ) in which the natives are adorned with trinkets and plates of gold . ] Herrera , dec . v , lib . x , cap . xiv , and ...
... sierra , ni montana . " [ Beyond the province of Canela there are found very rich countries ( though without mountains ) in which the natives are adorned with trinkets and plates of gold . ] Herrera , dec . v , lib . x , cap . xiv , and ...
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... ( Sierra Parima ) toward the east , is composed of granitic rocks , full of druses and open veins , like the Peak of Duida . Near these lands , which still enjoy a great celebrity for their riches , on the western limits of Dutch Guiana ...
... ( Sierra Parima ) toward the east , is composed of granitic rocks , full of druses and open veins , like the Peak of Duida . Near these lands , which still enjoy a great celebrity for their riches , on the western limits of Dutch Guiana ...
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... region of the * Reckoning only that part of the Llanos which is bounded by the Rio Apure on the south , and by the Sierra Nevada de Merida and the Parimo de las Rosas on the west . BANDITS OF THE LLANOS . 93 globe , because in.
... region of the * Reckoning only that part of the Llanos which is bounded by the Rio Apure on the south , and by the Sierra Nevada de Merida and the Parimo de las Rosas on the west . BANDITS OF THE LLANOS . 93 globe , because in.
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... Sierra da la Parima , be- tween the right bank of the Orinoco and the Rio Negro , there is , as in Scandinavia , a total absence of secondary formations . The red sandstone , containing some vestiges of fossil wood ( of the family of ...
... Sierra da la Parima , be- tween the right bank of the Orinoco and the Rio Negro , there is , as in Scandinavia , a total absence of secondary formations . The red sandstone , containing some vestiges of fossil wood ( of the family of ...
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