Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America, during the years 1799-1804, by A. von Humboldt and A. Bonpland, Volum 2 |
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... Caracas . - Villa de Cura . - Parapara . - Llanos or Steppes . -Calabozo · • CHAPTER XVIII . San Fernando de Apure . - Intertwinings and Bifurcations of the Rivers Apure and Arauca . - Navigation on the Rio Apure CHAPTER XIX . Junction ...
... Caracas . - Villa de Cura . - Parapara . - Llanos or Steppes . -Calabozo · • CHAPTER XVIII . San Fernando de Apure . - Intertwinings and Bifurcations of the Rivers Apure and Arauca . - Navigation on the Rio Apure CHAPTER XIX . Junction ...
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... Caracas , whether it would not be advis- able , in order to give greater extent to agriculture , to conduct the waters of the lake into the Llanos , by digging a canal towards the Rio Pao . The possibility * of this enter- * The ...
... Caracas , whether it would not be advis- able , in order to give greater extent to agriculture , to conduct the waters of the lake into the Llanos , by digging a canal towards the Rio Pao . The possibility * of this enter- * The ...
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... Caracas . It may be drunk without being filtered . On evaporation it leaves a very small residuum of carbonate of lime , and perhaps a little nitrate of potash . It is surprising that an inland lake should not be richer in alkaline and ...
... Caracas . It may be drunk without being filtered . On evaporation it leaves a very small residuum of carbonate of lime , and perhaps a little nitrate of potash . It is surprising that an inland lake should not be richer in alkaline and ...
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... Caracas . He The Gyrocarpus Jacquini of Gärtner , or Gyrocarpus americanus of Willdenow . + The natives of Mexico called it quitlacoctli . I saw some of its young leaves with three and five lobes ; the full - grown leaves are in the ...
... Caracas . He The Gyrocarpus Jacquini of Gärtner , or Gyrocarpus americanus of Willdenow . + The natives of Mexico called it quitlacoctli . I saw some of its young leaves with three and five lobes ; the full - grown leaves are in the ...
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... Caracas . † A tablon , equal to 1849 square toises , contains nearly an acre and one - fifth a legal acre has 1344 square toises , and 1 · 95 legal acre is equal to one hectare . 28 CULTIVATION OF THE CANE hundred or two hundred and.
... Caracas . † A tablon , equal to 1849 square toises , contains nearly an acre and one - fifth a legal acre has 1344 square toises , and 1 · 95 legal acre is equal to one hectare . 28 CULTIVATION OF THE CANE hundred or two hundred and.
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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