Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... Gulf of Darien ( Uraba ) , and in the greater part of the inundated lands between the Guarapiche and the mouths of the Amazon . It is curious to observe in the lowest degree of human civilization the existence of a whole tribe depending ...
... Gulf of Darien ( Uraba ) , and in the greater part of the inundated lands between the Guarapiche and the mouths of the Amazon . It is curious to observe in the lowest degree of human civilization the existence of a whole tribe depending ...
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... gulf of Santa Fé , where it may become one of the articles of exportation from New Andalusia . The Catalonian monks prepare an extract of the Cortex angosturæ , which they send to the convents of their province , and which deserves to ...
... gulf of Santa Fé , where it may become one of the articles of exportation from New Andalusia . The Catalonian monks prepare an extract of the Cortex angosturæ , which they send to the convents of their province , and which deserves to ...
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... Gulf of Paria , to which they attributed ( by an exaggeration so com- mon to the navigators of that time , an immense volume of fresh water . It was Vicente Yanez Pinçon , who , after having discovered the mouth of the Rio Marañon ...
... Gulf of Paria , to which they attributed ( by an exaggeration so com- mon to the navigators of that time , an immense volume of fresh water . It was Vicente Yanez Pinçon , who , after having discovered the mouth of the Rio Marañon ...
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... Gulf of Maranhão . This navigator landed at this spot , after having been at Cape Saint Augustin , and before he reached the mouth of the Amazon . ( Herrera , dec . I , p . 107. ) The narrative of Gomara , Hist . Nat . , 1553 , p . 48 ...
... Gulf of Maranhão . This navigator landed at this spot , after having been at Cape Saint Augustin , and before he reached the mouth of the Amazon . ( Herrera , dec . I , p . 107. ) The narrative of Gomara , Hist . Nat . , 1553 , p . 48 ...
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... gulf of Maranhão ( so named because some French colonists , Rifault , De Vaux , and Ravadière , believed they were opposite the mouth of the Marañon or Amazon ) , the ancient maps call the Meary Marañon , or Maranham . ( See the maps of ...
... gulf of Maranhão ( so named because some French colonists , Rifault , De Vaux , and Ravadière , believed they were opposite the mouth of the Marañon or Amazon ) , the ancient maps call the Meary Marañon , or Maranham . ( See the maps of ...
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