Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... eastern back of the Andes , by the Meta and the Apure , toward the coast of Spanish Guiana , should ever be delivered from these reptiles . All that will be gained by civilization will be , to render them more timid and more easily put ...
... eastern back of the Andes , by the Meta and the Apure , toward the coast of Spanish Guiana , should ever be delivered from these reptiles . All that will be gained by civilization will be , to render them more timid and more easily put ...
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... eastern Asia , was that of water , figured by a Frog . It is also remarkable , that the astrological worship of the Muyscas came to the table - land of Bogotá from the eastern side , from the plains of San Juan , which extend toward the ...
... eastern Asia , was that of water , figured by a Frog . It is also remarkable , that the astrological worship of the Muyscas came to the table - land of Bogotá from the eastern side , from the plains of San Juan , which extend toward the ...
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... eastern banks of the Carony and the Paragua as far as the banks of the Imataca , the Curumu , and the Cuyuni ; at the south - east they border on English Guiana , or the colony of Essequibo ; and toward the south , in going up the ...
... eastern banks of the Carony and the Paragua as far as the banks of the Imataca , the Curumu , and the Cuyuni ; at the south - east they border on English Guiana , or the colony of Essequibo ; and toward the south , in going up the ...
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... eastern bank of the Carony , from San Buenaventura as far as Guri and the embarcadero of San Joaquin ; a space of ground which has not more than four hundred and sixty square leagues of surface . The savannahs to the east and south are ...
... eastern bank of the Carony , from San Buenaventura as far as Guri and the embarcadero of San Joaquin ; a space of ground which has not more than four hundred and sixty square leagues of surface . The savannahs to the east and south are ...
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... 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- phers who discuss the basis of a map , with regard to ...
... 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- phers who discuss the basis of a map , with regard to ...
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