Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... containing the Histories of Louis XI . and Charles VIII . , and of Charles the Bold , Duke of Burgundy . To which is added , The Scandalous Chronicle , or Secret History of Louis XI . Portraits . In 2 vols . Memoirs of the Duke of Sully ...
... containing the Histories of Louis XI . and Charles VIII . , and of Charles the Bold , Duke of Burgundy . To which is added , The Scandalous Chronicle , or Secret History of Louis XI . Portraits . In 2 vols . Memoirs of the Duke of Sully ...
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... of which is scarcely known in Europe , is only fifty leagues distant , south- east of the mouths of the Orinoco . It contains , according to Bolingbroke , nearly 10,000 inhabitants . COAST SCENERY OF THE ORINOCO . 7 products of the.
... of which is scarcely known in Europe , is only fifty leagues distant , south- east of the mouths of the Orinoco . It contains , according to Bolingbroke , nearly 10,000 inhabitants . COAST SCENERY OF THE ORINOCO . 7 products of the.
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... contain four hundred and thirty - five sago - trees , which would yield one hundred and twenty thousand five hundred pounds avoirdupois of fecula , or more than eight thousand pounds yearly . ( History of the 8 TREE - INHABITING INDIANS ...
... contain four hundred and thirty - five sago - trees , which would yield one hundred and twenty thousand five hundred pounds avoirdupois of fecula , or more than eight thousand pounds yearly . ( History of the 8 TREE - INHABITING INDIANS ...
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... contains the sign of the Rat , and in that which contains those of the Fishes and Aqua- rius ) , particular constellations are consecrated to the periodical overflowings of the rivers . Real cycles , divisions of time , have been ...
... contains the sign of the Rat , and in that which contains those of the Fishes and Aqua- rius ) , particular constellations are consecrated to the periodical overflowings of the rivers . Real cycles , divisions of time , have been ...
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... contain the signs of the Monkey and the Tiger , they , no doubt , originated in the torrid zone . With the Muyscas , inha- bitants of New Grenada , the first sign , as in eastern Asia , was that of water , figured by a Frog . It is also ...
... contain the signs of the Monkey and the Tiger , they , no doubt , originated in the torrid zone . With the Muyscas , inha- bitants of New Grenada , the first sign , as in eastern Asia , was that of water , figured by a Frog . It is also ...
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