Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... cultivation ? I think we may reply in the affirmative ; for the united efforts of man cannot fail to have an influence on the general causes on which the climate of Guiana depends . According to the barometric height of San Fernando de ...
... cultivation ? I think we may reply in the affirmative ; for the united efforts of man cannot fail to have an influence on the general causes on which the climate of Guiana depends . According to the barometric height of San Fernando de ...
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... cultivation of the country on the two banks affords a striking contrast . On the north is seen the desert part of the province of Cu- mana , steppes ( Llanos ) destitute of habitations , and extend- ing beyond the sources of the Rio ...
... cultivation of the country on the two banks affords a striking contrast . On the north is seen the desert part of the province of Cu- mana , steppes ( Llanos ) destitute of habitations , and extend- ing beyond the sources of the Rio ...
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... cultivation . The first Christian settlements in those coun- tries are not , I believe , of an earlier date than 1721. The elements of which the present population is composed are the three Indian races of the Guayanos , the Caribs ...
... cultivation . The first Christian settlements in those coun- tries are not , I believe , of an earlier date than 1721. The elements of which the present population is composed are the three Indian races of the Guayanos , the Caribs ...
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... cultivation were distant from the rivers , where the land is higher , and the air more favourable to health . The Rio Carony , the waters of which , of an admirable clearness , are not well stocked with fish , is free from shoals from ...
... cultivation were distant from the rivers , where the land is higher , and the air more favourable to health . The Rio Carony , the waters of which , of an admirable clearness , are not well stocked with fish , is free from shoals from ...
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... the confluence of the Cuyuni and the Curumu . Consecrated a bishop for the four parts of the world ( obispo para las quatro partes del mundo ) by pope Benedict XIII . THE ANGOSTURA BARK . 23 of cultivation and the encroachments.
... the confluence of the Cuyuni and the Curumu . Consecrated a bishop for the four parts of the world ( obispo para las quatro partes del mundo ) by pope Benedict XIII . THE ANGOSTURA BARK . 23 of cultivation and the encroachments.
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