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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... Europe , we can judge of these relations between climates only by comparing spots situated in the same zone . at Cumana , where it sometimes does not rain during a whole year , and where I had the means of collecting a great number of ...
... Europe , we can judge of these relations between climates only by comparing spots situated in the same zone . at Cumana , where it sometimes does not rain during a whole year , and where I had the means of collecting a great number of ...
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... Europe . We find there , pondweed ( pota- mogeton ) , chara , and cats ' - tail three feet high , which it is difficult not to confound with the Typha angustifolia of our marshes . It is only after a careful examination , that we ...
... Europe . We find there , pondweed ( pota- mogeton ) , chara , and cats ' - tail three feet high , which it is difficult not to confound with the Typha angustifolia of our marshes . It is only after a careful examination , that we ...
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... Europe , as well as in the New Continent , a most curious phenomenon . * How can we explain the origin of the sulphuretted hydrogen ? It cannot proceed from the de- composition of sulphurets of iron , or pyritic strata . Is it owing to ...
... Europe , as well as in the New Continent , a most curious phenomenon . * How can we explain the origin of the sulphuretted hydrogen ? It cannot proceed from the de- composition of sulphurets of iron , or pyritic strata . Is it owing to ...
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... Europe , follows travellers even when he will not attack them ; the wolf in the open fields and in unsheltered places , the jaguar skirting the road and appearing only at intervals between the bushes . We passed the day on the 23rd in ...
... Europe , follows travellers even when he will not attack them ; the wolf in the open fields and in unsheltered places , the jaguar skirting the road and appearing only at intervals between the bushes . We passed the day on the 23rd in ...
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... Europe . * Lopez de Aguirre , or as he is still The following are some remarkable passages in the letter from Aguirre to the king of Spain . " King Philip , native of Spain , son of Charles the Invincible ! I , Lopez de Aguirre , thy ...
... Europe . * Lopez de Aguirre , or as he is still The following are some remarkable passages in the letter from Aguirre to the king of Spain . " King Philip , native of Spain , son of Charles the Invincible ! I , Lopez de Aguirre , thy ...
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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