Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... Nearly 100 Illustrations . Craik's ( G. L. ) Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties , illustrated by Anec- dotes and Memoirs . Revised Edition . With numerous Portraits . [ Immediately . Cruikshank's Three Courses and a Dessert . A ...
... Nearly 100 Illustrations . Craik's ( G. L. ) Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties , illustrated by Anec- dotes and Memoirs . Revised Edition . With numerous Portraits . [ Immediately . Cruikshank's Three Courses and a Dessert . A ...
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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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... nearly to the limit of perpetual snow , was , I believe , entirely unknown before our travels in America . ( Nov. Gen. vol . i , r . 317 ; Semanario de Santa Fé de Bogotà , 1819 , No. 21 , p . 163. ) The Indian name of the tribe of ...
... nearly to the limit of perpetual snow , was , I believe , entirely unknown before our travels in America . ( Nov. Gen. vol . i , r . 317 ; Semanario de Santa Fé de Bogotà , 1819 , No. 21 , p . 163. ) The Indian name of the tribe of ...
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... zone attain the greatest height nearly at the same period . The Ganges , the Niger , and the Gambia , reach the * Strabo , lib . 17 , p 789. Diod . Sic . , lib . 1 , c . 5 . 12 THE MEXICAN ZODIAC . maximum , like the Orinoco.
... zone attain the greatest height nearly at the same period . The Ganges , the Niger , and the Gambia , reach the * Strabo , lib . 17 , p 789. Diod . Sic . , lib . 1 , c . 5 . 12 THE MEXICAN ZODIAC . maximum , like the Orinoco.
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... ( nearly as the Orinoco ) ; the rise , however , does not become sensible at Cairo till toward the summer solstice ... Nearly forty or fifty days after the summer solstice . Nearly eighty or ninety days after the summer solstice . The ...
... ( nearly as the Orinoco ) ; the rise , however , does not become sensible at Cairo till toward the summer solstice ... Nearly forty or fifty days after the summer solstice . Nearly eighty or ninety days after the summer solstice . The ...
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