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Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland Thomasina Ross. --- PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS TO THE EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS OF AMERICA.
Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland Thomasina Ross. --- PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS TO THE EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS OF AMERICA.
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... REGIONS OF AMERICA , DURING THE YEARS 1799-1804 . BY ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT AND AIMÉ BONPLAND . WRITTEN IN FRENCH BY ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT : TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY THOMASINA ROSS . IN THREE VOLUMES . VOL . III . LONDON : HENRY G ...
... REGIONS OF AMERICA , DURING THE YEARS 1799-1804 . BY ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT AND AIMÉ BONPLAND . WRITTEN IN FRENCH BY ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT : TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY THOMASINA ROSS . IN THREE VOLUMES . VOL . III . LONDON : HENRY G ...
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... REGIONS OF THE NEW CONTINENT . CHAPTER XXV . Spanish Guiana . - Angostura . - Palm - inhabiting tribes . - Missions of the Capuchins . - The Laguna Parime . - El Dorado . - Legendary tales of the early voyagers . I SHALL commence this ...
... REGIONS OF THE NEW CONTINENT . CHAPTER XXV . Spanish Guiana . - Angostura . - Palm - inhabiting tribes . - Missions of the Capuchins . - The Laguna Parime . - El Dorado . - Legendary tales of the early voyagers . I SHALL commence this ...
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... regions of America is ignorant that this carnivorous reptile , covered with a buckler of hard and dry scales , is extremely sensitive in the only parts of his body which are soft and unprotected , such as the eyes , the hollow ...
... regions of America is ignorant that this carnivorous reptile , covered with a buckler of hard and dry scales , is extremely sensitive in the only parts of his body which are soft and unprotected , such as the eyes , the hollow ...
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... ' Thus , in savage regions , or in countries exposed to fre- quent convulsions , man is prepared to struggle with the beasts of the forest , to deliver himself from the jaws of 6 . COMMERCE OF ANGOSTURA , the crocodile , and.
... ' Thus , in savage regions , or in countries exposed to fre- quent convulsions , man is prepared to struggle with the beasts of the forest , to deliver himself from the jaws of 6 . COMMERCE OF ANGOSTURA , the crocodile , and.
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