Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... towns have successively borne the name of St. Thomas of Guiana . The first was situated opposite to the island of ... town of Santo Tomas , now called Vieja Guyana , which existed in the time of Raleigh . VOL . III . B 2 ANGOSTURA ...
... towns have successively borne the name of St. Thomas of Guiana . The first was situated opposite to the island of ... town of Santo Tomas , now called Vieja Guyana , which existed in the time of Raleigh . VOL . III . B 2 ANGOSTURA ...
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... town , now the capital of the province , is fifty leagues west of the confluence of the Carony . It was begun in 1764 , under the Governor Don Joacquin Moreno de Mendoza , and is distinguished in the public documents from the second town ...
... town , now the capital of the province , is fifty leagues west of the confluence of the Carony . It was begun in 1764 , under the Governor Don Joacquin Moreno de Mendoza , and is distinguished in the public documents from the second town ...
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... town of Angostura is little varied ; but the view of the river , which forms a vast canal , stretch- ing from south - west to north - east , is singularly majestic . When the waters are high , the river inundates the quays ; and it ...
... town of Angostura is little varied ; but the view of the river , which forms a vast canal , stretch- ing from south - west to north - east , is singularly majestic . When the waters are high , the river inundates the quays ; and it ...
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... town of Angostura , in the early years of its founda- 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 ...
... town of Angostura , in the early years of its founda- 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 ...
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... town of San Fernando de Apure , of which I have already given a description , is the magazine of this river - trade , which might become more considerable by the introduction of steamboats . I have now described the country through ...
... town of San Fernando de Apure , of which I have already given a description , is the magazine of this river - trade , which might become more considerable by the introduction of steamboats . I have now described the country through ...
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