Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... . GEOGNOSTIC DESCRIPTION OF SOUTH AMERICA - North of the River Amazon , and East of the Meridian of the Sierra Nevada de Merida . INDEX . Page • 153 · 199 228 · 285 • 409 PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS OF.
... . GEOGNOSTIC DESCRIPTION OF SOUTH AMERICA - North of the River Amazon , and East of the Meridian of the Sierra Nevada de Merida . INDEX . Page • 153 · 199 228 · 285 • 409 PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS OF.
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... river . Several of the houses are built on the bare rock ; and here , as at Carichana , and in many other parts of the missions , the action of black and strong strata , when strongly heated by the rays of the sun upon the atmosphere ...
... river . Several of the houses are built on the bare rock ; and here , as at Carichana , and in many other parts of the missions , the action of black and strong strata , when strongly heated by the rays of the sun upon the atmosphere ...
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... river , which forms a vast canal , stretch- ing from south - west to north - east , is singularly majestic . When the waters are high , the river inundates the quays ; and it sometimes happens that , even in the town , imprudent persons ...
... river , which forms a vast canal , stretch- ing from south - west to north - east , is singularly majestic . When the waters are high , the river inundates the quays ; and it sometimes happens that , even in the town , imprudent persons ...
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... river , and , after having drowned the Indian , came up to the surface of the water , dragging the dead body to an island opposite the port . A great number of the inhabitants of Angostura witnessed this melancholy spec- tacle . The ...
... river , and , after having drowned the Indian , came up to the surface of the water , dragging the dead body to an island opposite the port . A great number of the inhabitants of Angostura witnessed this melancholy spec- tacle . The ...
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... river - trade , which might become more considerable by the introduction of steamboats . I have now described the country through which we passed during a voyage of five hundred leagues ; it remains for me to make known the small space ...
... river - trade , which might become more considerable by the introduction of steamboats . I have now described the country through which we passed during a voyage of five hundred leagues ; it remains for me to make known the small space ...
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