Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page
... von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland Thomasina Ross. S 562-7 , 4 · 7 ( 3 JUN 20 1917 TRANSFERRED TO MAKYARD COLLEGE LIBRARY LONDON : PRINTED BY HARRISON AND SONS , ST . MARTIN'S LANE , W.c. CONTENTS OF VOLUME THE THIRD . CHAPTER XXV . Spanish.
... von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland Thomasina Ross. S 562-7 , 4 · 7 ( 3 JUN 20 1917 TRANSFERRED TO MAKYARD COLLEGE LIBRARY LONDON : PRINTED BY HARRISON AND SONS , ST . MARTIN'S LANE , W.c. CONTENTS OF VOLUME THE THIRD . CHAPTER XXV . Spanish.
Page 1
... Spanish 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 ...
... Spanish 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 ...
Page 2
... 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 Governor Don ...
... 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 Governor Don ...
Page 4
... Spanish 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 ...
... Spanish 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 ...
Page 6
... Spanish Guiana ; and Caracas having been hitherto the seat of the supreme government , the port of Angostura has been treated with still less favour than the ports of Cumana and Nueva Barcelona . With respect to the inland trade , the ...
... Spanish Guiana ; and Caracas having been hitherto the seat of the supreme government , the port of Angostura has been treated with still less favour than the ports of Cumana and Nueva Barcelona . With respect to the inland trade , the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Amazon amphibolic ancient Angostura appears Apure arrobas auriferous banks basin Batabano branches Brazil Cape Caracas Caribs Caripe Carony Carthagena Cayo Cerro coast colonies contains Cordillera cultivation Cumana Cumanacoa Cundinamarca direction Dorado east eastern Essequibo Europe extend formations geological gneiss gold granite Grenada Guiana gulf Havannah height Indians inhabitants island of Cuba isthmus Jura limestone kilogrammes knot Laguna lake land latitude limestone Llanos Lower Orinoco Magdalena maps Mariara meridian Mexico mica-slate mountains mouth nations natives northern Nueva Barcelona observed Omaguas Orinoco palm-tree parallel peninsula of Araya Peru piastres plains population port province Punta Quito Raleigh region ridge Rio Branco Rio Negro rise river rocks sandstone Santa shore Sierra Parime slaves soil South America southern Spain Spaniards Spanish square leagues strata sugar summits surface table-land tertiary tion toises toises high town trachyte tributary streams Trinidad valley Venezuela volcanic vols voyage western
Popular passages
Page 212 - Western nations at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century.