Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... southern bank is the highest : the granitic rock pierces the marshy 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 ...
... southern bank is the highest : the granitic rock pierces the marshy 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 ...
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... southern torrid zone . To this local cause is joined another , which acts perhaps equally on the tardy swellings of the Nile . The Amazon receives a great part of its waters from the Cordillera of the Andes , where the seasons , as ...
... southern torrid zone . To this local cause is joined another , which acts perhaps equally on the tardy swellings of the Nile . The Amazon receives a great part of its waters from the Cordillera of the Andes , where the seasons , as ...
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... southern bank of the brazo Imataca is cut by a labyrinth of little channels , into which the Rio Imataca and the Rio Aquire flow . A long series of little granitic hills rises in the fertile savannahs between the Ima- BRANCHES OF THE ...
... southern bank of the brazo Imataca is cut by a labyrinth of little channels , into which the Rio Imataca and the Rio Aquire flow . A long series of little granitic hills rises in the fertile savannahs between the Ima- BRANCHES OF THE ...
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... southern hemisphere , living in the thick forests of Parana . Though it cannot be denied in general , that in consequence of dis- tant migrations , † the nations that are settled north and south of the Amazon have had communications ...
... southern hemisphere , living in the thick forests of Parana . Though it cannot be denied in general , that in consequence of dis- tant migrations , † the nations that are settled north and south of the Amazon have had communications ...
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... southern territory is traversed by hordes of independent Caribs ; the feeble remains of that warlike people who were so formidable to the missionaries till 1733 and 1735 , at which period the respectable bishop Gervais de Labrid , t ...
... southern territory is traversed by hordes of independent Caribs ; the feeble remains of that warlike people who were so formidable to the missionaries till 1733 and 1735 , at which period the respectable bishop Gervais de Labrid , t ...
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Amazon amphibolic ancient Angostura appears Apure arrobas auriferous banks basin Batabano branches Brazil Cape Caracas Caribs Caripe Carony Carthagena Cayo Cerro coast colonies contains Cordillera cultivation Cumana Cumanacoa Cundinamarca direction Dorado east eastern Essequibo Europe extend formations gneiss gold granite Grenada Guiana gulf Havannah height Indians inhabitants island of Cuba isthmus Jura limestone kilogrammes knot Laguna lake land latitude limestone Llanos Lower Orinoco Magdalena maps Mariara meridian Mexico mica-slate mountains mouth nations natives northern Nueva Barcelona observed Omaguas Orinoco palm-tree parallel peninsula of Araya Peru piastres plains population port province Punta Quito Raleigh region ridge Rio Branco Rio Negro rise river rocks sandstone Santa shore Sierra Parime slaves soil South America southern Spaniards Spanish square leagues strata sugar summits surface table-land tertiary tion toises toises high town trachyte tributary streams Trinidad valley Venezuela volcanic vols voyage West Indies western
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