Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... tributary streams flow . Hence it follows , that the periodical oscillations of rivers are , like the equality of temperature of caverns and springs , a sen- sible indication of the regular distribution of humidity and heat , which ...
... tributary streams flow . Hence it follows , that the periodical oscillations of rivers are , like the equality of temperature of caverns and springs , a sen- sible indication of the regular distribution of humidity and heat , which ...
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... tributary streams which the principal trunk receives . The people believe that every five years the Orinoco rises three feet higher than common ; but the idea of this cycle does not rest on any precise measures . We know by the ...
... tributary streams which the principal trunk receives . The people believe that every five years the Orinoco rises three feet higher than common ; but the idea of this cycle does not rest on any precise measures . We know by the ...
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... 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 temperate climate . Cacao , rice ...
... 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 temperate climate . Cacao , rice ...
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... tributary streams of the Cuyuni , the Rio Juruario . This stream furnishes , at the period of the great swellings , the remarkable phenomenon of a bifurcation . It commu- nicates by the Juraricuima and the Aurapa with the Rio Carony ...
... tributary streams of the Cuyuni , the Rio Juruario . This stream furnishes , at the period of the great swellings , the remarkable phenomenon of a bifurcation . It commu- nicates by the Juraricuima and the Aurapa with the Rio Carony ...
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... tributary streams of the same river . Our maps of America are overloaded with names , for which rivers have been created . This desire of compiling , of filling up vacancies , and of employing , without investigation , heterogeneous ...
... tributary streams of the same river . Our maps of America are overloaded with names , for which rivers have been created . This desire of compiling , of filling up vacancies , and of employing , without investigation , heterogeneous ...
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