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 17
... extremity a second bifurcation appears ; and as the summit of the delta is in the northern branch of the bifurcated river , this part of the Orinoco is highly important for the military defence of the country . All the channels that ...
... extremity a second bifurcation appears ; and as the summit of the delta is in the northern branch of the bifurcated river , this part of the Orinoco is highly important for the military defence of the country . All the channels that ...
Page 60
... extremity coincided with the meridian of the confluence of the Apure and the Orinoco . By degrees it was advanced toward the east , § the western extremity being found to the south of the mouth of the Orinoco . This change produced ...
... extremity coincided with the meridian of the confluence of the Apure and the Orinoco . By degrees it was advanced toward the east , § the western extremity being found to the south of the mouth of the Orinoco . This change produced ...
Page 82
... extremity of South America . It is the eastern shore of an inland sea , which may be considered as a basin with several outlets . This peculiar configuration of the land has served to support the different systems of migration , by ...
... extremity of South America . It is the eastern shore of an inland sea , which may be considered as a basin with several outlets . This peculiar configuration of the land has served to support the different systems of migration , by ...
Page 95
... extremities of South America , are obstacles to the political union of the provinces they separate . They prevent the agriculture of the coast of Venezuela from extending towards Guiana , and they impede that of Potosi from advancing in ...
... extremities of South America , are obstacles to the political union of the provinces they separate . They prevent the agriculture of the coast of Venezuela from extending towards Guiana , and they impede that of Potosi from advancing in ...
Page 97
... extremity of Jutland to the mouth of the Scheldt , the stability of the limits of the desert , the savannahs , and the downs , depends chiefly on their immense extent , and the nakedness these plains have acquired from some revolution ...
... extremity of Jutland to the mouth of the Scheldt , the stability of the limits of the desert , the savannahs , and the downs , depends chiefly on their immense extent , and the nakedness these plains have acquired from some revolution ...
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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 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 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 West Indies western
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