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 21
... rocks ; and only the small boats of the Caribs venture to navigate amid these raudales , or rapids of the Carony . Happily the river is often divided into several branches ; and consequently that can be chosen which , according to the ...
... rocks ; and only the small boats of the Caribs venture to navigate amid these raudales , or rapids of the Carony . Happily the river is often divided into several branches ; and consequently that can be chosen which , according to the ...
Page 35
... rocks covered with hieroglyphical figures , ap- proaches very near this lake , but does not communicate with it . The portage between the Rupunuwini and the Mahu is farther north , where the mountain of Ucucuamo * rises , which the ...
... rocks covered with hieroglyphical figures , ap- proaches very near this lake , but does not communicate with it . The portage between the Rupunuwini and the Mahu is farther north , where the mountain of Ucucuamo * rises , which the ...
Page 40
... rock ( peña ) of green stone ; " but before they reached this pretended mountain of emerald ( rocks of euphotide ? ) a ship- wreck put an end to all farther discovery . The Spaniards saved themselves with difficulty in two small vessels ...
... rock ( peña ) of green stone ; " but before they reached this pretended mountain of emerald ( rocks of euphotide ? ) a ship- wreck put an end to all farther discovery . The Spaniards saved themselves with difficulty in two small vessels ...
Page 58
... rocks situate in the middle of the Laguna Parima . This was describing in a very poetical manner the splendour of the micaceous and talky slates of his country ! Another Indian chief , known among the Caribs of Essequibo by the name El ...
... rocks situate in the middle of the Laguna Parima . This was describing in a very poetical manner the splendour of the micaceous and talky slates of his country ! Another Indian chief , known among the Caribs of Essequibo by the name El ...
Page 65
... rocks appear naked in the lofty 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 ...
... rocks appear naked in the lofty 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 ...
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