Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... tion of Remarkable Epitaphs . PETTIGREW , F.R.S. , F.S.A. Early Travels in Palestine . Willi- bald , Sawulf , Benjamin of Tudela , Man- deville , La Brocquiere , and Maundrell ; all unabridged . Edited by THOMAS WRIGHT . Ellis's Early ...
... tion of Remarkable Epitaphs . PETTIGREW , F.R.S. , F.S.A. Early Travels in Palestine . Willi- bald , Sawulf , Benjamin of Tudela , Man- deville , La Brocquiere , and Maundrell ; all unabridged . Edited by THOMAS WRIGHT . Ellis's Early ...
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... tion , had no direct communication with the mother - country . The inhabitants were contented with carrying on a trifling contraband trade in dried meat and tobacco with the West India Islands , and with the Dutch colony of Essequibo ...
... tion , had no direct communication with the mother - country . The inhabitants were contented with carrying on a trifling contraband trade in dried meat and tobacco with the West India Islands , and with the Dutch colony of Essequibo ...
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... tion which I obtained on its banks , is much less regular in the periods of its oscillations than the Orinoco ; it generally begins , however , to increase in December , and attains its maximum of height in March . * It sinks from the ...
... tion which I obtained on its banks , is much less regular in the periods of its oscillations than the Orinoco ; it generally begins , however , to increase in December , and attains its maximum of height in March . * It sinks from the ...
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... tion to generation , the periodical oscillations of the river ( the time of the beginning of the rising , and that when it attains its maximum ) have never been retarded more than twelve or fifteen days . When vessels that draw a good ...
... tion to generation , the periodical oscillations of the river ( the time of the beginning of the rising , and that when it attains its maximum ) have never been retarded more than twelve or fifteen days . When vessels that draw a good ...
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... and southern direction on the eastern back of the Andes , before the tradi- tion of El Dorado was spread among the conquistadores . This tradition , as we have noticed above , had its origin in THE GILDED KING . ' 45 the kingdom of Quito.
... and southern direction on the eastern back of the Andes , before the tradi- tion of El Dorado was spread among the conquistadores . This tradition , as we have noticed above , had its origin in THE GILDED KING . ' 45 the kingdom of Quito.
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