Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... 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 Territory . -Population . - Natural Productions ...
... 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 Territory . -Population . - Natural Productions ...
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... Venezuela , the inhabitants , faithful to the labours of the fields , would not addict themselves too hastily to the research of mines . The example of Germany and Mexico proves , no doubt , that the working of metals is not at all ...
... Venezuela , the inhabitants , faithful to the labours of the fields , would not addict themselves too hastily to the research of mines . The example of Germany and Mexico proves , no doubt , that the working of metals is not at all ...
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... Venezuela and the river of the Amazons , between the eastern back of the Andes and the coast of Cayenne , a simple copy of the great Spanish map of La Cruz Olmedilla . A line , indicating the extent of country which Don Jose Solano ...
... Venezuela and the river of the Amazons , between the eastern back of the Andes and the coast of Cayenne , a simple copy of the great Spanish map of La Cruz Olmedilla . A line , indicating the extent of country which Don Jose Solano ...
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... Venezuela , New Grenada , Quito , Peru , and even from Brazil and the Rio de la Plata , * for the conquest of El Dorado . Those of which the remem- brance have been best preserved , and which have most contributed to spread the fable of ...
... Venezuela , New Grenada , Quito , Peru , and even from Brazil and the Rio de la Plata , * for the conquest of El Dorado . Those of which the remem- brance have been best preserved , and which have most contributed to spread the fable of ...
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... Venezuela , which was then called the country of the German Company of Welsers ( Belzares ) of Augsburg , began his expedition by the mouth of the Marañon . He there saw , in the hands of the natives , " emeralds as big as a man's fist ...
... Venezuela , which was then called the country of the German Company of Welsers ( Belzares ) of Augsburg , began his expedition by the mouth of the Marañon . He there saw , in the hands of the natives , " emeralds as big as a man's fist ...
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