Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... ( Cortex Angostura ) . Botanists so little guessed the origin of this geographical denomination that they began by writing Augustura , and then Augusta . † Hornblendschiefer . PROPAGATION OF EARTHQUAKES . ܣ܂ 3 granitic soil of the.
... ( Cortex Angostura ) . Botanists so little guessed the origin of this geographical denomination that they began by writing Augustura , and then Augusta . † Hornblendschiefer . PROPAGATION OF EARTHQUAKES . ܣ܂ 3 granitic soil of the.
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... soil of the two banks of the Orinoco was agitated as far as the Raudales of Atures and Maypures . South of these Raudales shocks are sometimes felt , which are confined to the basin of the Upper Orinoco and the Rio Negro . They appear ...
... soil of the two banks of the Orinoco was agitated as far as the Raudales of Atures and Maypures . South of these Raudales shocks are sometimes felt , which are confined to the basin of the Upper Orinoco and the Rio Negro . They appear ...
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... soil at a small distance in the interior , between the Caño Barima , the Aquire , and the Cuyuni . The left , or northern bank of the Orinoco , which stretches along the delta towards the Boca de Mariusas and the Punta Baxa , is very ...
... soil at a small distance in the interior , between the Caño Barima , the Aquire , and the Cuyuni . The left , or northern bank of the Orinoco , which stretches along the delta towards the Boca de Mariusas and the Punta Baxa , is very ...
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... soil , which they pass over in the time of drought , and on which they alone know how to walk in security to their solitude in the delta of the Orinoco ; to their abode on the trees , where religious enthusiasm will probably never lead ...
... soil , which they pass over in the time of drought , and on which they alone know how to walk in security to their solitude in the delta of the Orinoco ; to their abode on the trees , where religious enthusiasm will probably never lead ...
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... soil , covered with a thick coat of grasses , is subjected to cultivation . The first Christian settlements in those coun- tries are not , I believe , of an earlier date than 1721. The elements of which the present population is ...
... soil , covered with a thick coat of grasses , is subjected to cultivation . The first Christian settlements in those coun- tries are not , I believe , of an earlier date than 1721. The elements of which the present population is ...
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