Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... ancient Capitania general of Caracas . Since the end of the sixteenth century three towns have successively borne the name of St. Thomas of Guiana . The first was situated opposite to the island of Faxardo , at the confluence of the ...
... ancient Capitania general of Caracas . Since the end of the sixteenth century three towns have successively borne the name of St. Thomas of Guiana . The first was situated opposite to the island of Faxardo , at the confluence of the ...
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... The figure of water itself is often substituted for that of the Rat ( Arvicola ) in the Tartar zodiac . The Rat takes the place of Aquarius . ( Gaubil , Obs . Mathém . , vol . iii , p . 33. ) RESEMBLANCE OF THE ANCIENT LEGENDS . 13 a horn .
... The figure of water itself is often substituted for that of the Rat ( Arvicola ) in the Tartar zodiac . The Rat takes the place of Aquarius . ( Gaubil , Obs . Mathém . , vol . iii , p . 33. ) RESEMBLANCE OF THE ANCIENT LEGENDS . 13 a horn .
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... ancient traditions of Menou , of Noah , and of those Deucalions cele- brated among the Scythians and the Thessalians . As the Tartarian and Mexican zodiacs contain the signs of the Monkey and the Tiger , they , no doubt , originated in ...
... ancient traditions of Menou , of Noah , and of those Deucalions cele- brated among the Scythians and the Thessalians . As the Tartarian and Mexican zodiacs contain the signs of the Monkey and the Tiger , they , no doubt , originated in ...
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... ancient settlements of Zealand and Middleburg . Heretofore this communication interested the government of Caracas only on account of the facility it furnished to an illicit trade ; but since Berbice , Demerara , and Essequibo , have ...
... ancient settlements of Zealand and Middleburg . Heretofore this communication interested the government of Caracas only on account of the facility it furnished to an illicit trade ; but since Berbice , Demerara , and Essequibo , have ...
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... ancient fort ( los Cas- tillos de la Vieja or Antigua Guayana , ) the first construction of which goes back to the sixteenth century . In this spot the bed of the river is studded with rocky islands ; and it is asserted that its breadth ...
... ancient fort ( los Cas- tillos de la Vieja or Antigua Guayana , ) the first construction of which goes back to the sixteenth century . In this spot the bed of the river is studded with rocky islands ; and it is asserted that its breadth ...
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