Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... period a direct exchange of com- modities with the ports of Andalusia and Catalonia has become extremely active . The population of Angostura , * after having been a long time languishing , has much in- creased since 1785. At the time ...
... period a direct exchange of com- modities with the ports of Andalusia and Catalonia has become extremely active . The population of Angostura , * after having been a long time languishing , has much in- creased since 1785. At the time ...
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... period a rupture of equilibrium in the electric intensity , in the cessation of the breezes , and the commencement of the season of rains . The Orinoco , the Rio Magdalena , and the Congo or Zaire , are the only great rivers of the ...
... period a rupture of equilibrium in the electric intensity , in the cessation of the breezes , and the commencement of the season of rains . The Orinoco , the Rio Magdalena , and the Congo or Zaire , are the only great rivers of the ...
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... torrid 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.
... torrid 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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... period when the rivers of Guiana begin to swell anew . It may be seen from this rapid statement , that , notwithstanding the retardation caused by the form of the natural channels , and by local climatic circumstances , the great ...
... period when the rivers of Guiana begin to swell anew . It may be seen from this rapid statement , that , notwithstanding the retardation caused by the form of the natural channels , and by local climatic circumstances , the great ...
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... periods of the risings must undergo in the course of a river , the sources and the mouth of which are not on the same side of the equinoctial line . The hydraulic systems of the Orinoco and the Amazon furnish a combination of ...
... periods of the risings must undergo in the course of a river , the sources and the mouth of which are not on the same side of the equinoctial line . The hydraulic systems of the Orinoco and the Amazon furnish a combination of ...
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