Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... leagues east of the mouth of the Carony , made a courageous resistance to Sir Walter Raleigh , whom the Spanish writers of the conquest know only by the name of the pirate Reali . The third town , now the capital of the province , is ...
... leagues east of the mouth of the Carony , made a courageous resistance to Sir Walter Raleigh , whom the Spanish writers of the conquest know only by the name of the pirate Reali . The third town , now the capital of the province , is ...
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... which is scarcely known in Europe , is only fifty leagues distant , south- east of the mouths of the Orinoco . It contains , according to Bolingbroke , nearly 10,000 inhabitants . COAST SCENERY OF THE ORINOCO . 7 products of the.
... which is scarcely known in Europe , is only fifty leagues distant , south- east of the mouths of the Orinoco . It contains , according to Bolingbroke , nearly 10,000 inhabitants . COAST SCENERY OF THE ORINOCO . 7 products of the.
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... leagues ; it remains for me to make known the small space of three degrees fifty- two minutes of longitude , that separates the present capital from the mouth of the Orinoco . Exact knowledge of the delta , and the course of the Rio ...
... leagues ; it remains for me to make known the small space of three degrees fifty- two minutes of longitude , that separates the present capital from the mouth of the Orinoco . Exact knowledge of the delta , and the course of the Rio ...
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... leagues receives . However un- equal may be the quantity of rain that falls during several successive years , in such or such a valley , the swellings of rivers that have a very long course , are little affected by these local ...
... leagues receives . However un- equal may be the quantity of rain that falls during several successive years , in such or such a valley , the swellings of rivers that have a very long course , are little affected by these local ...
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... leagues distant from Cape Barima , the great bed of the Orinoco is divided for the first time into two branches of two thousand toises in breadth . They are known by the Indian names of Zacupana and Imataca . The first , which is the ...
... leagues distant from Cape Barima , the great bed of the Orinoco is divided for the first time into two branches of two thousand toises in breadth . They are known by the Indian names of Zacupana and Imataca . The first , which is the ...
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