Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... toises high , Ceroxylon andicola , Oreodoxa frigida , Kunthia montana . This last group of palmæ montanæ , which rises in the Andes of Guanacas nearly to the limit of perpetual snow , was , I believe , entirely unknown before our ...
... toises high , Ceroxylon andicola , Oreodoxa frigida , Kunthia montana . This last group of palmæ montanæ , which rises in the Andes of Guanacas nearly to the limit of perpetual snow , was , I believe , entirely unknown before our ...
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... toises . * We may be surprised at the strength of the current in a slope so little perceptible ; but I shall remind the reader on this occasion , that , according to measurements made by order of Mr. Hastings , the Ganges was found , in ...
... toises . * We may be surprised at the strength of the current in a slope so little perceptible ; but I shall remind the reader on this occasion , that , according to measurements made by order of Mr. Hastings , the Ganges was found , in ...
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... toises in breadth . They are known by the Indian names of Zacupana and Imataca . The first , which is the northernmost , communicates on the west of the islands Congrejos and del Burro with the bocas chicas of Lauran , Nuina , and ...
... toises in breadth . They are known by the Indian names of Zacupana and Imataca . The first , which is the northernmost , communicates on the west of the islands Congrejos and del Burro with the bocas chicas of Lauran , Nuina , and ...
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... toises . The town is almost destroyed , but the fortifications subsist , and are well worthy the attention of the government of Terra Firma . There is a magnificent view from the bat- tery established on a bluff north - west of the ...
... toises . The town is almost destroyed , but the fortifications subsist , and are well worthy the attention of the government of Terra Firma . There is a magnificent view from the bat- tery established on a bluff north - west of the ...
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... toises high , which separates the tributary streams of the Orinoco from those of the Cuyuni . There are situate the Villa de Upata , * the capital of the missions , Santa Maria , and Cupapui . Small table - lands afford a healthy and ...
... toises high , which separates the tributary streams of the Orinoco from those of the Cuyuni . There are situate the Villa de Upata , * the capital of the missions , Santa Maria , and Cupapui . Small table - lands afford a healthy and ...
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