Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America, during the years 1799-1804, by A. von Humboldt and A. Bonpland, Volume 2 |
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... passage across the Cataracts of Atures and Maypures . - The Lower Orinoco , between the mouth of the Rio Apure , and Angostura the capital of Spanish Guiana • 432 PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS OF.
... passage across the Cataracts of Atures and Maypures . - The Lower Orinoco , between the mouth of the Rio Apure , and Angostura the capital of Spanish Guiana • 432 PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS OF.
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... Spanish colonies any precise ideas on the astrono- mical position and distances of places , the legua nautica of 6650 varas , or of 2854 toises ( 20 in a degree ) , was originally used in Mexico and throughout South America ; but this ...
... Spanish colonies any precise ideas on the astrono- mical position and distances of places , the legua nautica of 6650 varas , or of 2854 toises ( 20 in a degree ) , was originally used in Mexico and throughout South America ; but this ...
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... of our seas , the Blennius pholis . ( Voyage à la Terre Ferme . ) The Blennius pholis ( smooth blenny ) , is called by the French baveuse ( slaverer ) , in Spanish , baba . CROCODILES . 19 attains only three or four feet in.
... of our seas , the Blennius pholis . ( Voyage à la Terre Ferme . ) The Blennius pholis ( smooth blenny ) , is called by the French baveuse ( slaverer ) , in Spanish , baba . CROCODILES . 19 attains only three or four feet in.
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... Spanish colonies , those lands of idleness , para ver , no mas , to see , and nothing more . ' The waters of Mariara are used with success in rheumatic swellings , and affections of the skin . As the waters are but very feebly ...
... Spanish colonies , those lands of idleness , para ver , no mas , to see , and nothing more . ' The waters of Mariara are used with success in rheumatic swellings , and affections of the skin . As the waters are but very feebly ...
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... Spanish glory , the com- mendataries ( encomenderos ) let out the Indians to travel- lers like beasts of burden . They were assembled by hun- dreds , either to carry merchandise across the Cordilleras , or to follow the armies in their ...
... Spanish glory , the com- mendataries ( encomenderos ) let out the Indians to travel- lers like beasts of burden . They were assembled by hun- dreds , either to carry merchandise across the Cordilleras , or to follow the armies in their ...
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Amazon America ancient Angostura animals appear Apure Aragua Atabapo Atures banks boat Bonpland Cabruta cacao Calabozo called Caño canoe Caracas Caribs Carichana cassava Cassiquiare cataracts coast colour contain Cordillera covered crocodiles cultivated curare earth east eggs electric Encaramada Esmeralda Europe Father feet fish forests fruit Gili gneiss granite Grenada grünstein Guaviare Guiana gymnotus hornblende humidity hundred Indians inhabitants insects island jaguar Javita Jesuits juice lake latitude leagues Llanos Lower Orinoco Mariara Maypures Meta mission missionary monkeys monks mosquitos mountains mouth nations natives night Nueva Valencia observed Omaguas Orinoco Ottomacs palm-trees passed plains plants Porto Cabello Raudal resembles Rio Negro rise river rocks San Fernando savannahs shore soil Spanish species spot steppes strata Tamanacs temperature toises torrid zone trees tribes tributary streams Upper Orinoco Uruana Valencia valleys of Aragua vegetation Ventuari village zancudos