Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... 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 remarkable , that the astrological worship of the Muyscas ...
... 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 remarkable , that the astrological worship of the Muyscas ...
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... doubt , that the working of metals is not at all incompatible with a flourishing state of agriculture ; but , according to popular traditions , the banks of the Carony lead to the lake Dorado and the palace of " the gilded man : " and ...
... doubt , that the working of metals is not at all incompatible with a flourishing state of agriculture ; but , according to popular traditions , the banks of the Carony lead to the lake Dorado and the palace of " the gilded man : " and ...
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... doubt the whole country between the Amazon and the Orinoco was vaguely known by the name of las Provincias del Dorado ; but in * Nuño de Chaves went from the Ciudad de la Asumpcion , situate on the Rio Paraguay , to discover , in the ...
... doubt the whole country between the Amazon and the Orinoco was vaguely known by the name of las Provincias del Dorado ; but in * Nuño de Chaves went from the Ciudad de la Asumpcion , situate on the Rio Paraguay , to discover , in the ...
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... doubt have given rise to the idea of transforming the Rio Paragua , a tributary stream of the Carony , into a lake called Cassipa , on account of the Cassipagotos , * who lived in those coun- * Raleigh , p . 64 , 69. I always quote ...
... doubt have given rise to the idea of transforming the Rio Paragua , a tributary stream of the Carony , into a lake called Cassipa , on account of the Cassipagotos , * who lived in those coun- * Raleigh , p . 64 , 69. I always quote ...
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... doubt mica with large plates ) , of diamonds , and of emeralds . He found nothing but rocky crystals . His account seems to prove that the whole length of the moun- tains of the Upper Orinoco ( Sierra Parima ) toward the east , is ...
... doubt mica with large plates ) , of diamonds , and of emeralds . He found nothing but rocky crystals . His account seems to prove that the whole length of the moun- tains of the Upper Orinoco ( Sierra Parima ) toward the east , is ...
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Amazon amphibolic ancient Angostura appears Apure arrobas auriferous banks basin Batabano branches Brazil Cape Caracas Caribs Caripe Carony Carthagena Cayo Cerro coast colonies contains Cordillera cultivation Cumana Cumanacoa Cundinamarca direction Dorado east eastern Essequibo Europe extend formations geological gneiss gold granite Grenada Guiana gulf Havannah height Indians inhabitants island of Cuba isthmus Jura limestone kilogrammes knot Laguna lake land latitude limestone Llanos Lower Orinoco Magdalena maps Mariara meridian Mexico mica-slate mountains mouth nations natives northern Nueva Barcelona observed Omaguas Orinoco palm-tree parallel peninsula of Araya Peru piastres plains population port province Punta Quito Raleigh region ridge Rio Branco Rio Negro rise river rocks sandstone Santa shore Sierra Parime slaves soil South America southern Spain Spaniards Spanish square leagues strata sugar summits surface table-land tertiary tion toises toises high town trachyte tributary streams Trinidad valley Venezuela volcanic vols voyage western
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