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 29
... mountains of French Guiana and the forests of the Upper Orinoco , between the sources of the Carony and the River Amazon ( from 0 ° to 4 ° of north lati- tude , and from 57 ° to 68 ° of longitude ) , was so little known , that ...
... mountains of French Guiana and the forests of the Upper Orinoco , between the sources of the Carony and the River Amazon ( from 0 ° to 4 ° of north lati- tude , and from 57 ° to 68 ° of longitude ) , was so little known , that ...
Page 30
... mountains of Dutch and French Gui- ana . It results from this sketch , that the question whether there exists a lake Parima on the east of the Rio Branco , is alto- gether foreign to the problem of the sources of the Orinoco . Beside ...
... mountains of Dutch and French Gui- ana . It results from this sketch , that the question whether there exists a lake Parima on the east of the Rio Branco , is alto- gether foreign to the problem of the sources of the Orinoco . Beside ...
Page 34
... mountains of Parima to the mountains of Dutch and French Guiana . It divides its waters be- tween the Carony , the Rupunury or Rupunwini , and the Rio Branco , and consequently between the valleys of the Lower Orinoco , the Essequibo ...
... mountains of Parima to the mountains of Dutch and French Guiana . It divides its waters be- tween the Carony , the Rupunury or Rupunwini , and the Rio Branco , and consequently between the valleys of the Lower Orinoco , the Essequibo ...
Page 63
... Mountains . From an error in longitude , the traces of which we find in all the maps of the 16th century , the auriferous mountains of Peru and New Granada were supposed to be much nearer the mouths of the Orinoco and the Amazon than ...
... Mountains . From an error in longitude , the traces of which we find in all the maps of the 16th century , the auriferous mountains of Peru and New Granada were supposed to be much nearer the mouths of the Orinoco and the Amazon than ...
Page 65
... mountains of Parima , as well as in the plains of the Atabapo and the Cassiquiare . Granite predominates there over the other rocks ; and though , in both continents , the granite of ancient formation is pretty generally destitute of ...
... mountains of Parima , as well as in the plains of the Atabapo and the Cassiquiare . Granite predominates there over the other rocks ; and though , in both continents , the granite of ancient formation is pretty generally destitute of ...
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