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 32
... isthmus between the Carony , the Essequibo , and the Rio Branco ) , and to the ancient abode of the Manaos , the inhabitants of the banks of the Yurubesh . I have just mentioned the situation of the latter spot , which is celebrated in ...
... isthmus between the Carony , the Essequibo , and the Rio Branco ) , and to the ancient abode of the Manaos , the inhabitants of the banks of the Yurubesh . I have just mentioned the situation of the latter spot , which is celebrated in ...
Page 34
... and the Urariquera form together the famous Rio Parima , or Rio Branco . This isthmus , between the branches of the Rio Essequibo and the Rio Branco ( that is , between the Rupunuwini on THE LAKE AMUCU . 35 one side , and the.
... and the Urariquera form together the famous Rio Parima , or Rio Branco . This isthmus , between the branches of the Rio Essequibo and the Rio Branco ( that is , between the Rupunuwini on THE LAKE AMUCU . 35 one side , and the.
Page 36
... isthmus between the Rupunuwini ( a tributary stream of the Essequibo ) and the Rio Parima or Rio Branco . “ The Indians , ” says Keymis , go up the Dessekebe [ Essequibo ] in twenty days , towards the south . To mark the greatness of ...
... isthmus between the Rupunuwini ( a tributary stream of the Essequibo ) and the Rio Parima or Rio Branco . “ The Indians , ” says Keymis , go up the Dessekebe [ Essequibo ] in twenty days , towards the south . To mark the greatness of ...
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... isthmus of Darien , then enjoyed the same celebrity which has been more recently acquired by the auriferous lands of Sonora , Choco , and Brazil . He Diego de Ordaz ( 1531 ) and Alonzo de Herrera ( 1535 ) directed their journeys of ...
... isthmus of Darien , then enjoyed the same celebrity which has been more recently acquired by the auriferous lands of Sonora , Choco , and Brazil . He Diego de Ordaz ( 1531 ) and Alonzo de Herrera ( 1535 ) directed their journeys of ...
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... isthmus of Ru- punuwini . Raleigh makes his Juan Martinez embark below Morequito , a village at the east of that confluence of the Carony with the Orinoco . Thence he makes him dragged by the Caribs from town to town , till he finds at ...
... isthmus of Ru- punuwini . Raleigh makes his Juan Martinez embark below Morequito , a village at the east of that confluence of the Carony with the Orinoco . Thence he makes him dragged by the Caribs from town to town , till he finds at ...
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