Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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Page 7
... distance in the interior , between the Caño Barima , the Aquire , and the Cuyuni . The left , or northern bank of the Orinoco , which stretches along the delta towards the Boca de Mariusas and the Punta Baxa , is very low , and is ...
... distance in the interior , between the Caño Barima , the Aquire , and the Cuyuni . The left , or northern bank of the Orinoco , which stretches along the delta towards the Boca de Mariusas and the Punta Baxa , is very low , and is ...
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... plant to M. Bonpland . The tree , known at present by the name of Bonplandia trifoliata , grows at the distance of five or six leagues from the eastern bank of the Carony , at 24 THE ANGOSTURA BARK , the foot of the hills.
... plant to M. Bonpland . The tree , known at present by the name of Bonplandia trifoliata , grows at the distance of five or six leagues from the eastern bank of the Carony , at 24 THE ANGOSTURA BARK , the foot of the hills.
Page 27
... distance of a hundred leagues from the western to the eastern bank of the Rio Branco . From these various changes , the problem we are going to solve has become much more com- plicated than is generally supposed . The number of geogra ...
... distance of a hundred leagues from the western to the eastern bank of the Rio Branco . From these various changes , the problem we are going to solve has become much more com- plicated than is generally supposed . The number of geogra ...
Page 38
... distance from the mouth of the Mahu to that of the Tacutu is scarcely 0 ° 40 ′ ; La Cruz enlarges it to 7 ° of latitude . He calls the upper part of the Rio Branco ( that which receives the Mahu ) Orinoco or Purumu . There can be no ...
... distance from the mouth of the Mahu to that of the Tacutu is scarcely 0 ° 40 ′ ; La Cruz enlarges it to 7 ° of latitude . He calls the upper part of the Rio Branco ( that which receives the Mahu ) Orinoco or Purumu . There can be no ...
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... distance they seem to wear laced clothes . The fable of the gilded man ' is , perhaps , founded on a similar custom ; and , as there were two sovereign princes in New Granada , the lama of Iraca , and the secular chief or zaque of Tunja ...
... distance they seem to wear laced clothes . The fable of the gilded man ' is , perhaps , founded on a similar custom ; and , as there were two sovereign princes in New Granada , the lama of Iraca , and the secular chief or zaque of Tunja ...
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