Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... lower jaw , where there are two glands of musk . The Guaykeri Indian was less fortunate than the negro of Mungo Park , and the girl of Uritucu , whom I mentioned in a former part of this work , for the crocodile did not open its jaws ...
... lower jaw , where there are two glands of musk . The Guaykeri Indian was less fortunate than the negro of Mungo Park , and the girl of Uritucu , whom I mentioned in a former part of this work , for the crocodile did not open its jaws ...
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... Lower Orinoco inundates all the surrounding land . As no river of America can cross the equator from south to north , on account of the general configuration of the ground , the risings of the Orinoco have an influence on the Amazon ...
... Lower Orinoco inundates all the surrounding land . As no river of America can cross the equator from south to north , on account of the general configuration of the ground , the risings of the Orinoco have an influence on the Amazon ...
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... Lower Orinoco . M. Depons , who has in general collected very accurate notions during his stay at Caracas , fixes it at thirteen fathoms . The heights naturally vary according to the breadth of the bed and the number of tributary ...
... Lower Orinoco . M. Depons , who has in general collected very accurate notions during his stay at Caracas , fixes it at thirteen fathoms . The heights naturally vary according to the breadth of the bed and the number of tributary ...
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... Lower Orinoco , and subject to two monastic governments . Estimating the number of the inhabitants of Guiana , who do not live in savage independ- ence , at thirty - five thousand , we find nearly twenty - four thousand settled in the ...
... Lower Orinoco , and subject to two monastic governments . Estimating the number of the inhabitants of Guiana , who do not live in savage independ- ence , at thirty - five thousand , we find nearly twenty - four thousand settled in the ...
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... lower tributary streams of the same river . Our maps of America are overloaded with names , for which rivers have been created . This desire of compiling , of filling up vacancies , and of employing , without investigation ...
... lower tributary streams of the same river . Our maps of America are overloaded with names , for which rivers have been created . This desire of compiling , of filling up vacancies , and of employing , without investigation ...
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