Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... branches of the Tivitivas . See Discovery of Guiana , 1576 , p . 90 , and the sketch of the habitations of the Guaraons , in Raleghi brevis Descrip . Guiana , 1594 , tab . 4 . This sect was founded by Simeon Sisanites , a native of ...
... branches of the Tivitivas . See Discovery of Guiana , 1576 , p . 90 , and the sketch of the habitations of the Guaraons , in Raleghi brevis Descrip . Guiana , 1594 , tab . 4 . This sect was founded by Simeon Sisanites , a native of ...
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... branch of the Orinoco ; it is a navigable * Coxcox bears also the denomination of Teo - Cipactli , in which the root god or divine is added to the name of the sign Cipactli . It is the man of the Fourth Age ; who , at the fourth ...
... branch of the Orinoco ; it is a navigable * Coxcox bears also the denomination of Teo - Cipactli , in which the root god or divine is added to the name of the sign Cipactli . It is the man of the Fourth Age ; who , at the fourth ...
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... February to May ; at its minimum in August and September . - Ellicott , Journal of an Expedition to the Ohio . + The Apure itself has a slope of thirteen inches to the mile . 16 FIRST BRANCHES OF THE ORINOCO . been settled for.
... February to May ; at its minimum in August and September . - Ellicott , Journal of an Expedition to the Ohio . + The Apure itself has a slope of thirteen inches to the mile . 16 FIRST BRANCHES OF THE ORINOCO . been settled for.
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... branches of two thousand toises in breadth . They are known by the Indian names of Zacupana and Imataca . The first , which is the northernmost , communicates on the west of the islands Congrejos and del Burro with the bocas chicas of ...
... branches of two thousand toises in breadth . They are known by the Indian names of Zacupana and Imataca . The first , which is the northernmost , communicates on the west of the islands Congrejos and del Burro with the bocas chicas of ...
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... branches of the Orinoco , the Zacupana and the Imataca , remain separate for fourteen leagues : on going up farther , the waters of the river are found united + in a single channel extremely broad . This channel is near eight leagues ...
... branches of the Orinoco , the Zacupana and the Imataca , remain separate for fourteen leagues : on going up farther , the waters of the river are found united + in a single channel extremely broad . This channel is near eight leagues ...
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