Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... Trinidad . - The King and Queen's Gardens CHAPTER XXX . Passage from Trinidad de Cuba to Rio Sinu . - Carthagena . - Air Volcanos of Turbaco . - Canal of Mahates CHAPTER XXXI . CUBA AND THE SLAVE TRADE · CHAPTER XXXII . GEOGNOSTIC ...
... Trinidad . - The King and Queen's Gardens CHAPTER XXX . Passage from Trinidad de Cuba to Rio Sinu . - Carthagena . - Air Volcanos of Turbaco . - Canal of Mahates CHAPTER XXXI . CUBA AND THE SLAVE TRADE · CHAPTER XXXII . GEOGNOSTIC ...
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... Trinidad ( Yupura ? ) a pro- vince rich in gold , called Machiparo ( Muchifaro ) , in the vicinity of that of the Aomaguas , or Omaguas . These notions contributed to carry El Dorado toward the south- east , for the names Omaguas ( Om ...
... Trinidad ( Yupura ? ) a pro- vince rich in gold , called Machiparo ( Muchifaro ) , in the vicinity of that of the Aomaguas , or Omaguas . These notions contributed to carry El Dorado toward the south- east , for the names Omaguas ( Om ...
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... Trinidad . We scarcely know this voyage except by the narrative of Raleigh ; it appears to have preceded a few years the first foundation of Vieja Guayana , which was in the year 1591 . A few years later ( 1595 ) Berrio caused his maese ...
... Trinidad . We scarcely know this voyage except by the narrative of Raleigh ; it appears to have preceded a few years the first foundation of Vieja Guayana , which was in the year 1591 . A few years later ( 1595 ) Berrio caused his maese ...
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... Trinidad , proceeded by More- quito ( near Vieja Guayana ) towards the Rio Paragua , a tributary stream of the Carony ; but sickness , the ferocity of the natives , and the want of subsistence , opposed invin- cible obstacles to the ...
... Trinidad , proceeded by More- quito ( near Vieja Guayana ) towards the Rio Paragua , a tributary stream of the Carony ; but sickness , the ferocity of the natives , and the want of subsistence , opposed invin- cible obstacles to the ...
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... Trinidad . Christopher Columbus cast anchor there August 3 , 1498. A great confusion exists in the denomination of the different capes of the island of Trinidad ; and as recently , since the expe- tion of Fidalgo and Churruca , the ...
... Trinidad . Christopher Columbus cast anchor there August 3 , 1498. A great confusion exists in the denomination of the different capes of the island of Trinidad ; and as recently , since the expe- tion of Fidalgo and Churruca , the ...
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