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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Side 5
... doubt have estimated as a space of a league and a half ) ; and the length of the basin of the lake is to its breadth as 10 to 2.3 , or as 7 to 1.6 . The appearance of the " Enormous body of the lake of Valencia . " + Seamen being the ...
... doubt have estimated as a space of a league and a half ) ; and the length of the basin of the lake is to its breadth as 10 to 2.3 , or as 7 to 1.6 . The appearance of the " Enormous body of the lake of Valencia . " + Seamen being the ...
Side 6
... doubt seems now to be entertained , that our rivers and lakes have undergone immense diminutions ; but many geological facts remind us also , that these great changes in the distribution of the waters have preceded all historical times ...
... doubt seems now to be entertained , that our rivers and lakes have undergone immense diminutions ; but many geological facts remind us also , that these great changes in the distribution of the waters have preceded all historical times ...
Side 13
... doubt , that in both continents there are systems of interior rivers , which may be considered as not entirely developed ; and which communicate with each other , either in the time of great risings , or by permanent bifurcations . The ...
... doubt , that in both continents there are systems of interior rivers , which may be considered as not entirely developed ; and which communicate with each other , either in the time of great risings , or by permanent bifurcations . The ...
Side 23
... doubt to holes or fissures on the gneiss ; and indeed when the bubbles rise from one of the apertures , the emission of gas follows instantly from the other three . I could not succeed in inflaming the small quantities of gas that rise ...
... doubt to holes or fissures on the gneiss ; and indeed when the bubbles rise from one of the apertures , the emission of gas follows instantly from the other three . I could not succeed in inflaming the small quantities of gas that rise ...
Side 41
... strata of grünstein , and the disse- minated tin - ore which it contains , may lead us to doubt its great an . tiquity , from the analogy of the granites of Saxony containing tin . 42 ARRIVAL AT PORTO CABELLO . from the coast ,
... strata of grünstein , and the disse- minated tin - ore which it contains , may lead us to doubt its great an . tiquity , from the analogy of the granites of Saxony containing tin . 42 ARRIVAL AT PORTO CABELLO . from the coast ,
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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