Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3G. Bell, 1894 |
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... Orinoco was agitated as far as the Raudales of Atures and Maypures . South of these Raudales shocks are sometimes felt , which are confined to the basin of the Upper Orinoco ... lower jaw , where there are two glands of musk . The Guaykeri ...
... Orinoco was agitated as far as the Raudales of Atures and Maypures . South of these Raudales shocks are sometimes felt , which are confined to the basin of the Upper Orinoco ... lower jaw , where there are two glands of musk . The Guaykeri ...
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... Orinoco ; it generally begins , however , to increase in December , and attains its maximum of height in March . * It sinks from the month of May , and is at its minimum of height in the months of July and ... ORINOCO . 15 rise in the Lower.
... Orinoco ; it generally begins , however , to increase in December , and attains its maximum of height in March . * It sinks from the month of May , and is at its minimum of height in the months of July and ... ORINOCO . 15 rise in the Lower.
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Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland Thomasina Ross. CURRENT OF THE ORINOCO . 15 rise in the Lower Orinoco . M. Depons , who has in general collected very accurate notions during his stay at Caracas , fixes it at thirteen fathoms . The ...
Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland Thomasina Ross. CURRENT OF THE ORINOCO . 15 rise in the Lower Orinoco . M. Depons , who has in general collected very accurate notions during his stay at Caracas , fixes it at thirteen fathoms . The ...
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... Lower Orinoco , and subject to two monastic governments . Estimating the number of the inhabitants of Guiana , who do not live in savage independ- ence , at thirty - five thousand , we find nearly twenty - four thousand settled in the ...
... Lower Orinoco , and subject to two monastic governments . Estimating the number of the inhabitants of Guiana , who do not live in savage independ- ence , at thirty - five thousand , we find nearly twenty - four thousand settled in the ...
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... Lower Orinoco , the Esmeralda , and French and Dutch Guiana , on which , since the end of the six- teenth century , the enterprises and exaggerated narratives of Raleigh have shed so bright a splendour . From the general disposition of ...
... Lower Orinoco , the Esmeralda , and French and Dutch Guiana , on which , since the end of the six- teenth century , the enterprises and exaggerated narratives of Raleigh have shed so bright a splendour . From the general disposition of ...
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Amazon amphibolic ancient Angostura appears Apure arrobas auriferous banks basin Batabano branches Brazil Cape Caracas Caribs Caripe Carony Cayo Cerro chain coast colonies contains Cordillera cultivation Cumana Cumanacoa Cundinamarca direction Dorado east eastern Edited English Essequibo Europe extend formations gneiss gold granite Grenada Guiana gulf Havannah height Indians inhabitants island of Cuba isthmus Jura limestone kilogrammes knot Laguna lake land latitude limestone littoral Llanos Lower Orinoco Magdalena maps Mariara meridian Mexico mica-slate mountains mouth natives northern Nueva Barcelona observed Omaguas Orinoco parallel peninsula of Araya Peru piastres plains population port province Punta Quito Raleigh region ridge Rio Branco Rio Negro rise river rocks sandstone Santa shore Sierra Parime slaves soil South America southern Spanish square leagues strata sugar summits surface table-land tertiary tion toises toises high town trachyte Translated tributary streams Trinidad valley Venezuela volcanic vols voyage western