Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... appear to depend on a volcanic focus distant from that of the Caribbee Islands . We were told by the missionaries at Javita and San Fernando de Atabapo , that in 1798 violent earthquakes took place between the Guaviare and the Rio Negro ...
... appear to depend on a volcanic focus distant from that of the Caribbee Islands . We were told by the missionaries at Javita and San Fernando de Atabapo , that in 1798 violent earthquakes took place between the Guaviare and the Rio Negro ...
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... appears not to close its jaws firmly while swimming . The inhabitants of the banks of the Orinoco and its tri- butary streams discourse continually on the dangers to which they are exposed . They have marked the manners of the crocodile ...
... appears not to close its jaws firmly while swimming . The inhabitants of the banks of the Orinoco and its tri- butary streams discourse continually on the dangers to which they are exposed . They have marked the manners of the crocodile ...
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... appears ; and as the summit of the delta is in the northern branch of the bifurcated river , this part of the Orinoco is highly important for the military defence of the country . All the channels that terminate in the bocas chicas ...
... appears ; and as the summit of the delta is in the northern branch of the bifurcated river , this part of the Orinoco is highly important for the military defence of the country . All the channels that terminate in the bocas chicas ...
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... appears to belong to the great branch of the Caribbee and Tamanac tongues . It displays the same ana- logies of roots and grammatical forms , which are observed between the Sanscrit , the Persian , the Greek , and the German . It is not ...
... appears to belong to the great branch of the Caribbee and Tamanac tongues . It displays the same ana- logies of roots and grammatical forms , which are observed between the Sanscrit , the Persian , the Greek , and the German . It is not ...
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... appears , that the little table - lands between the mountains of Upata , Cumanu , and Tupuquen , are more than one hundred and fifty toises above the level of the sea . † El Dorado , that is , el rey ó hombre dorado . See vol . ii , p ...
... appears , that the little table - lands between the mountains of Upata , Cumanu , and Tupuquen , are more than one hundred and fifty toises above the level of the sea . † El Dorado , that is , el rey ó hombre dorado . See vol . ii , p ...
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