Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... direction of south - east , are more to be feared . The houses of Angostura are lofty and convenient ; they are for the most part built of stone ; which proves that the inhabitants have but little dread of earthquakes . But unhappily ...
... direction of south - east , are more to be feared . The houses of Angostura are lofty and convenient ; they are for the most part built of stone ; which proves that the inhabitants have but little dread of earthquakes . But unhappily ...
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... direction of the Ganges , the Indus , the Rio de la Plata , and the Euphrates , flow alike from the south toward the north ; but the sources of the Orinoco are five or six degrees nearer to the equator than those of the Nile . Observing ...
... direction of the Ganges , the Indus , the Rio de la Plata , and the Euphrates , flow alike from the south toward the north ; but the sources of the Orinoco are five or six degrees nearer to the equator than those of the Nile . Observing ...
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... directions ( towards the equator , and towards the temperate climates ) has an influence on the period and the height of the risings , on the nature and variety of the productions on the banks of the rivers , on the less or greater ...
... directions ( towards the equator , and towards the temperate climates ) has an influence on the period and the height of the risings , on the nature and variety of the productions on the banks of the rivers , on the less or greater ...
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... direction ; no buoy , however , has yet been laid down , to indicate any deposit of earth formed in the bed of the river , where the waters have lost their original velocity . There exists on the south of Cape Barima , as well by the ...
... direction ; no buoy , however , has yet been laid down , to indicate any deposit of earth formed in the bed of the river , where the waters have lost their original velocity . There exists on the south of Cape Barima , as well by the ...
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... direction unfortunately , south of Santo Thomé del Angostura to the extent of eight degrees , no astronomical observation has been made ) is a long and narrow Cordillera , that of Pacaraimo , Quimiropaca , and Ucucuamo ; which ...
... direction unfortunately , south of Santo Thomé del Angostura to the extent of eight degrees , no astronomical observation has been made ) is a long and narrow Cordillera , that of Pacaraimo , Quimiropaca , and Ucucuamo ; which ...
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