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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... The following are their names : Rios de Aragua , Turmero , Maracay , Tapatapa , Aguas Calientes , Mariara , Cura , Guacara , Guataparo , Valencia , Caño Grande de Cambury , & c . DIMINUTION OF FORESTS . 9 * The changes which the.
... The following are their names : Rios de Aragua , Turmero , Maracay , Tapatapa , Aguas Calientes , Mariara , Cura , Guacara , Guataparo , Valencia , Caño Grande de Cambury , & c . DIMINUTION OF FORESTS . 9 * The changes which the.
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Friedrich Wilhelm H. Alexander freiherr von Humboldt. DIMINUTION OF FORESTS . 9 * The changes which the destruction of forests , the clearing of plains , and the cultivation of indigo , have produced within half a century in the quantity ...
Friedrich Wilhelm H. Alexander freiherr von Humboldt. DIMINUTION OF FORESTS . 9 * The changes which the destruction of forests , the clearing of plains , and the cultivation of indigo , have produced within half a century in the quantity ...
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... forests . Great trees of the families of mimosa , ceiba , and the fig - tree , shaded and spread coolness along the banks of the lake . The plain , then thinly inhabited , was filled with brushwood , interspersed with trunks of ...
... forests . Great trees of the families of mimosa , ceiba , and the fig - tree , shaded and spread coolness along the banks of the lake . The plain , then thinly inhabited , was filled with brushwood , interspersed with trunks of ...
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... forests of Terra Firma to the north of the Orinoco ; we began to find it only beyond the cataracts of Ature and Maypure . It abounds particularly near the banks of the Ventuari , and on the Upper Orinoco , between the Padamo and the ...
... forests of Terra Firma to the north of the Orinoco ; we began to find it only beyond the cataracts of Ature and Maypure . It abounds particularly near the banks of the Ventuari , and on the Upper Orinoco , between the Padamo and the ...
Side 60
... forests . The cacao harvest is extremely variable . The tree vege- tates with such vigour that flowers spring out even from the roots , wherever the earth leaves them uncovered . It suffers from the north - east winds , even when they ...
... forests . The cacao harvest is extremely variable . The tree vege- tates with such vigour that flowers spring out even from the roots , wherever the earth leaves them uncovered . It suffers from the north - east winds , even when they ...
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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