Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... chain to the trunk of a tree . They do not approach the animal till it has struggled a long time to disengage itself from the iron fixed in the upper jaw . There is little probability that a country , in which a labyrinth of rivers ...
... chain to the trunk of a tree . They do not approach the animal till it has struggled a long time to disengage itself from the iron fixed in the upper jaw . There is little probability that a country , in which a labyrinth of rivers ...
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... chain of Pacaraimo . It is the appearance of the micaceous rocks of the Ucucuamo , the name of the Rio Parima , the inundations of the rivers Urariapara , Parima , and Xurumu , and more especially the * I follow the orthography of the ...
... chain of Pacaraimo . It is the appearance of the micaceous rocks of the Ucucuamo , the name of the Rio Parima , the inundations of the rivers Urariapara , Parima , and Xurumu , and more especially the * I follow the orthography of the ...
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... the Rio Napo , along the river of the Amazons , and on the eastern chain of the Andes of New Grenada . The natives , in order to get rid of their troublesome guests , con- 48 THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN . tinually described Dorado.
... the Rio Napo , along the river of the Amazons , and on the eastern chain of the Andes of New Grenada . The natives , in order to get rid of their troublesome guests , con- 48 THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN . tinually described Dorado.
Page 66
... , 1596 , pp . 2-4 . In the southern branch of this chain , which passes by Yusma , Villa de Cura , and Ocumare , particularly near Buria , Los Teques , and Los Marietas . " AURIFEROUS SOILS . 67 Rica , have furnished only stream.
... , 1596 , pp . 2-4 . In the southern branch of this chain , which passes by Yusma , Villa de Cura , and Ocumare , particularly near Buria , Los Teques , and Los Marietas . " AURIFEROUS SOILS . 67 Rica , have furnished only stream.
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... chain of Santa Marta and Venezuela , appears less certain . Gomara , how- ever , and the most ancient historians , give the name of Caribana , not , as it has since been applied , to the country between the sources of the Orinoco and ...
... chain of Santa Marta and Venezuela , appears less certain . Gomara , how- ever , and the most ancient historians , give the name of Caribana , not , as it has since been applied , to the country between the sources of the Orinoco and ...
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