Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... basin of the Upper Orinoco and the Rio Negro . They 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 ...
... basin of the Upper Orinoco and the Rio Negro . They 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 ...
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... basin ; they follow annually the same progression , because their commencement and their duration depend also on the mean of the periods , apparently extremely variable , of the beginning and end of the rains in the different latitudes ...
... basin ; they follow annually the same progression , because their commencement and their duration depend also on the mean of the periods , apparently extremely variable , of the beginning and end of the rains in the different latitudes ...
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... basins of rivers , that is crossed by the equator . The river Amazon , according to the informa- tion which I obtained on its banks , is much less regular in the periods of its oscillations than the Orinoco ; it generally begins ...
... basins of rivers , that is crossed by the equator . The river Amazon , according to the informa- tion which I obtained on its banks , is much less regular in the periods of its oscillations than the Orinoco ; it generally begins ...
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... basin . Will this constancy in physical phenomena , this equilibrium of the elements , be preserved in the New World also after some ages of cultivation ? I think we may reply in the affirmative ; for the united efforts of man cannot ...
... basin . Will this constancy in physical phenomena , this equilibrium of the elements , be preserved in the New World also after some ages of cultivation ? I think we may reply in the affirmative ; for the united efforts of man cannot ...
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... basins , adapted for the reception of vessels that want repairs . After having passed the little forts of Vieja Guayana , the bed of the Orinoco again widens . The state of cultivation of the country on the two banks affords a striking ...
... basins , adapted for the reception of vessels that want repairs . After having passed the little forts of Vieja Guayana , the bed of the Orinoco again widens . The state of cultivation of the country on the two banks affords a striking ...
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