Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... belong entirely to the torrid zone display in their periodical movements that won- derful regularity which is peculiar to a region where the same wind brings almost always strata of air of the same temperature ; and where the change of ...
... belong entirely to the torrid zone display in their periodical movements that won- derful regularity which is peculiar to a region where the same wind brings almost always strata of air of the same temperature ; and where the change of ...
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... 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 easy 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 easy to ...
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... enlarged by geographers , forming two distinct groups . The first of these groups includes the lakes which they place between the Esmeralda and the Rio Branco ; and to the 30 DIFFERENT SITES OF EL DORADO . second belong those.
... enlarged by geographers , forming two distinct groups . The first of these groups includes the lakes which they place between the Esmeralda and the Rio Branco ; and to the 30 DIFFERENT SITES OF EL DORADO . second belong those.
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... belong those that are supposed to lie between the Rio Branco and the mountains of Dutch and French Gui- ana . It results from this sketch , that the question whether there exists a lake Parima on the east of the Rio Branco , is alto ...
... belong those that are supposed to lie between the Rio Branco and the mountains of Dutch and French Gui- ana . It results from this sketch , that the question whether there exists a lake Parima on the east of the Rio Branco , is alto ...
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... belong to the English nation . " * The four voyages of Raleigh to the Lower Orinoco suc- ceeded each other from 1595 to 1617. After all these useless attempts , the ardour of research after El Dorado has greatly diminished . No ...
... belong to the English nation . " * The four voyages of Raleigh to the Lower Orinoco suc- ceeded each other from 1595 to 1617. After all these useless attempts , the ardour of research after El Dorado has greatly diminished . No ...
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