Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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Page 46
... Quito , had spoken of a country situate toward the east . Was this because the table - land of New Granada is not on the north , but on the north - east of Quito ? We may venture to say , that the tradition of a naked man covered with ...
... Quito , had spoken of a country situate toward the east . Was this because the table - land of New Granada is not on the north , but on the north - east of Quito ? We may venture to say , that the tradition of a naked man covered with ...
Page 47
... Quito by way of Popayan ( 1536 ) to Bogotá ; Nicholas Federmann , coming from Venezuela , arrived from the east by the plains of Meta . These two captains found , already settled on the table - land of Cundirumarca , the famous ...
... Quito by way of Popayan ( 1536 ) to Bogotá ; Nicholas Federmann , coming from Venezuela , arrived from the east by the plains of Meta . These two captains found , already settled on the table - land of Cundirumarca , the famous ...
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... Quito - appear to me very remarkable . It has already been said above , that Orellana saw llamas at the dwelling of an Indian chief on the banks of the Amazon , and that Ordaz had heard mention made of them in the plains of Meta . I ...
... Quito - appear to me very remarkable . It has already been said above , that Orellana saw llamas at the dwelling of an Indian chief on the banks of the Amazon , and that Ordaz had heard mention made of them in the plains of Meta . I ...
Page 53
... quito ( near Vieja Guayana ) towards the Rio Paragua , a tributary stream of the Carony ; but sickness , the ferocity of the natives , and the want of subsistence , opposed invin- cible obstacles to the progress of the Spaniards . They ...
... quito ( near Vieja Guayana ) towards the Rio Paragua , a tributary stream of the Carony ; but sickness , the ferocity of the natives , and the want of subsistence , opposed invin- cible obstacles to the progress of the Spaniards . They ...
Page 57
... Quito , I met with some men , who were employed by the bishop Marfil to seek at the east of the Cordilleras , in the plains of Macas , the ruins of the town of Logrono , which was believed to be situate in a country rich in gold . We ...
... Quito , I met with some men , who were employed by the bishop Marfil to seek at the east of the Cordilleras , in the plains of Macas , the ruins of the town of Logrono , which was believed to be situate in a country rich in gold . We ...
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