Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 72
Page 8
... limit of perpetual snow , was , I believe , entirely unknown before our travels in America . ( Nov. Gen. vol . i , p . 317 ; Semanario de Santa Fé de Bogotà , 1819 , No. 21 , p . 163. ) † The Indian name of the tribe of Uaraus ...
... limit of perpetual snow , was , I believe , entirely unknown before our travels in America . ( Nov. Gen. vol . i , p . 317 ; Semanario de Santa Fé de Bogotà , 1819 , No. 21 , p . 163. ) † The Indian name of the tribe of Uaraus ...
Page 11
... limit of perpetual snows , with the sole exception of the Paramos of Chita and Mucuchies , than the Alps of Abyssinia . Snowy mountains are much more rare in the torrid zone than is generally admitted ; and the melting of the snows ...
... limit of perpetual snows , with the sole exception of the Paramos of Chita and Mucuchies , than the Alps of Abyssinia . Snowy mountains are much more rare in the torrid zone than is generally admitted ; and the melting of the snows ...
Page 25
... limit its power . In 1768 Don Manuel Centurion carried off twenty thousand head of cattle from the missionaries , in order to distribute them among the indigent inhabitants . This liberality , exerted in a manner not very legal ...
... limit its power . In 1768 Don Manuel Centurion carried off twenty thousand head of cattle from the missionaries , in order to distribute them among the indigent inhabitants . This liberality , exerted in a manner not very legal ...
Page 29
... limits at the same time to the sources of the Orinoco , which it is no longer possible to carry back indefinitely toward the east , without supposing that the bed of the Rio Branco , which flows from north to south , is crossed by the ...
... limits at the same time to the sources of the Orinoco , which it is no longer possible to carry back indefinitely toward the east , without supposing that the bed of the Rio Branco , which flows from north to south , is crossed by the ...
Page 35
... limits of Dutch Guiana , live the Macusis , Aturajos , and Acuvajos . The traveller Santos found them stationed between the Rupunuwini , the Mahu , and the chain of Pacaraimo . It is the appearance of the micaceous rocks of the Ucucuamo ...
... limits of Dutch Guiana , live the Macusis , Aturajos , and Acuvajos . The traveller Santos found them stationed between the Rupunuwini , the Mahu , and the chain of Pacaraimo . It is the appearance of the micaceous rocks of the Ucucuamo ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Amazon amphibolic ancient Angostura appears Apure arrobas auriferous banks basin Batabano branches Brazil Cape Caracas Caribs Caripe Carony Carthagena Cayo Cerro coast colonies contains Cordillera cultivation Cumana Cumanacoa Cundinamarca direction Dorado east eastern Essequibo Europe extend formations geological gneiss gold granite Grenada Guiana gulf Havannah height Indians inhabitants island of Cuba isthmus Jura limestone kilogrammes knot Laguna lake land latitude limestone Llanos Lower Orinoco Magdalena maps Mariara meridian Mexico mica-slate mountains mouth nations natives northern Nueva Barcelona observed Omaguas Orinoco palm-tree parallel peninsula of Araya Peru piastres plains population port province Punta Quito Raleigh region ridge Rio Branco Rio Negro rise river rocks sandstone Santa shore Sierra Parime slaves soil South America southern Spain Spaniards Spanish square leagues strata sugar summits surface table-land tertiary tion toises toises high town trachyte tributary streams Trinidad valley Venezuela volcanic vols voyage western
Popular passages
Page 212 - Western nations at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century.