Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... Valley of Los Guines , Batabano , and Port of Trinidad . — The King and Queen's Gardens Page 153 CHAPTER XXX . Passage from Trinidad de Cuba to Rio Sinu . - Carthagena . - Air Volcanos of Turbaco . - Canal of Mahates CHAPTER XXXI . CUBA ...
... Valley of Los Guines , Batabano , and Port of Trinidad . — The King and Queen's Gardens Page 153 CHAPTER XXX . Passage from Trinidad de Cuba to Rio Sinu . - Carthagena . - Air Volcanos of Turbaco . - Canal of Mahates CHAPTER XXXI . CUBA ...
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... valley , the swellings of rivers that have a very long course , are little affected by these local variations . The ... valleys of the rivers . CAUSE OF THE RIVER - FLOODS . 11 with the.
... valley , the swellings of rivers that have a very long course , are little affected by these local variations . The ... valleys of the rivers . CAUSE OF THE RIVER - FLOODS . 11 with the.
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... valley of the Nile . In the zodiacs of the New World - in the Mexican , for instance , of which we discover the vestiges in the signs of the days , and the periodical series which they compose - there are also signs of rain and of ...
... valley of the Nile . In the zodiacs of the New World - in the Mexican , for instance , of which we discover the vestiges in the signs of the days , and the periodical series which they compose - there are also signs of rain and of ...
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... valleys of Aragua . The real wealth of this country is founded on the care of the herds and the cultivation of colonial produce . It were to be wished that here , as in the fine and fertile pro- vince of Venezuela , the inhabitants ...
... valleys of Aragua . The real wealth of this country is founded on the care of the herds and the cultivation of colonial produce . It were to be wished that here , as in the fine and fertile pro- vince of Venezuela , the inhabitants ...
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... valley of El Dorado , * twelve days ' journey from Guallabamba , consequently in the mountains between Pasto and Popayan . The information which Pedro de Anasco had obtained from the natives , joined to that which was received ...
... valley of El Dorado , * twelve days ' journey from Guallabamba , consequently in the mountains between Pasto and Popayan . The information which Pedro de Anasco had obtained from the natives , joined to that which was received ...
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