Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... Island of Cuba . - The Havannah . - Hills of Guanavacoa , considered in their geological relations . - Valley of Los Guines , Batabano , and Port of Trinidad . - The King and Queen's Gardens CHAPTER XXX . Passage from Trinidad de Cuba ...
... Island of Cuba . - The Havannah . - Hills of Guanavacoa , considered in their geological relations . - Valley of Los Guines , Batabano , and Port of Trinidad . - The King and Queen's Gardens CHAPTER XXX . Passage from Trinidad de Cuba ...
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... Islands ; others have traced in it some resemblance to the ancient idiom of Cuba , or to those of the Arowaks , and the Apalachites in Florida : but these hypotheses are all founded on a very imperfect knowledge of the idioms which it ...
... Islands ; others have traced in it some resemblance to the ancient idiom of Cuba , or to those of the Arowaks , and the Apalachites in Florida : but these hypotheses are all founded on a very imperfect knowledge of the idioms which it ...
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... island of Cuba . We were together for the space of seven months , and his society was most agreeable : he was cheerful , intelligent , and obliging . How little did we anticipate the sad fate that awaited him . He took charge of a part ...
... island of Cuba . We were together for the space of seven months , and his society was most agreeable : he was cheerful , intelligent , and obliging . How little did we anticipate the sad fate that awaited him . He took charge of a part ...
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... island of Cuba . We had now passed sixteen months on this coast , and in the interior of Venezuela , and on the 16th November we parted from our friends at Cumana to make the passage for the third time across the gulf of Cariaco to ...
... island of Cuba . We had now passed sixteen months on this coast , and in the interior of Venezuela , and on the 16th November we parted from our friends at Cumana to make the passage for the third time across the gulf of Cariaco to ...
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... island of Marguerita , Punta Araya , and Corolas ; sheep abound only in Carora and Tocuyo . The consumption of meat ... island of Cuba . The average price is 14 reals , and varies from 10 to 18 ( the real is worth about 64d . English ) ...
... island of Marguerita , Punta Araya , and Corolas ; sheep abound only in Carora and Tocuyo . The consumption of meat ... island of Cuba . The average price is 14 reals , and varies from 10 to 18 ( the real is worth about 64d . English ) ...
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