Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... land , Scotland , and Ireland . By Sir HENRY ELLIS . In 3 vols . Browne's ( Sir Thomas ) Works . Edited by SIMON WILKIN . In 3 vols . Vol . 1. The Vulgar Errors . Vol . 2. Religio Medici , and Garden of Cyrus . Vol . 3. Urn - Burial ...
... land , Scotland , and Ireland . By Sir HENRY ELLIS . In 3 vols . Browne's ( Sir Thomas ) Works . Edited by SIMON WILKIN . In 3 vols . Vol . 1. The Vulgar Errors . Vol . 2. Religio Medici , and Garden of Cyrus . Vol . 3. Urn - Burial ...
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... Lands and Biblical Atlas . Twenty - four Maps , beautifully engraved on Steel , with a Consulting Index . ; or , with ... Land . New Edition , enlarged . Thirty - six beautiful Engrav- ings , and 2 Maps . Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious ...
... Lands and Biblical Atlas . Twenty - four Maps , beautifully engraved on Steel , with a Consulting Index . ; or , with ... Land . New Edition , enlarged . Thirty - six beautiful Engrav- ings , and 2 Maps . Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious ...
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... land at the Punta Barima . The right or southern bank is the highest : the granitic rock pierces the marshy soil at a small distance in the interior , between the Caño Barima , the Aquire , and the Cuyuni . The left , or northern bank ...
... land at the Punta Barima . The right or southern bank is the highest : the granitic rock pierces the marshy soil at a small distance in the interior , between the Caño Barima , the Aquire , and the Cuyuni . The left , or northern bank ...
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... land , still more alimentary substance than the sago - tree . * I dwell much on these divisions of the great and fine families of palms according to the distribution of the species : 1st , in dry places , or inland plains , Corypha ...
... land , still more alimentary substance than the sago - tree . * I dwell much on these divisions of the great and fine families of palms according to the distribution of the species : 1st , in dry places , or inland plains , Corypha ...
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... land . They strike the imagination of the vulgar ; as order everywhere astonishes , when we cannot easily ascend to first causes . Rivers that belong entirely to the torrid zone display in their periodical movements that won- derful ...
... land . They strike the imagination of the vulgar ; as order everywhere astonishes , when we cannot easily ascend to first causes . Rivers that belong entirely to the torrid zone display in their periodical movements that won- derful ...
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