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 3
... granite rock pierces through the cultivated ground . Enormous stony masses rise abruptly in the midst of the valley . Bare and forked , they nourish a few succulent plants , which prepare mould for future ages . Often on the summit of ...
... granite rock pierces through the cultivated ground . Enormous stony masses rise abruptly in the midst of the valley . Bare and forked , they nourish a few succulent plants , which prepare mould for future ages . Often on the summit of ...
Side 6
... granite mountains of Mariara and of Guigue , the slope of the ground which rises more rapidly towards the north and south than towards the east and west , are alike repugnant to this supposition . In treating the long - discussed ...
... granite mountains of Mariara and of Guigue , the slope of the ground which rises more rapidly towards the north and south than towards the east and west , are alike repugnant to this supposition . In treating the long - discussed ...
Side 7
... granite islands , thirty or forty toises high , on the road from the Hacienda de Cura to Aguas Calientes ; and at the western extremity of the lake , the Serrito de Don Pedro , Islote , and Caratapona . On visiting two islands ...
... granite islands , thirty or forty toises high , on the road from the Hacienda de Cura to Aguas Calientes ; and at the western extremity of the lake , the Serrito de Don Pedro , Islote , and Caratapona . On visiting two islands ...
Side 14
... granite in the basin itself , in order to observe from year to year the mean height of the waters . The Marquis del Toro has undertaken to put this design into execution , employing the fine granite of the Sierra de Mariara , and ...
... granite in the basin itself , in order to observe from year to year the mean height of the waters . The Marquis del Toro has undertaken to put this design into execution , employing the fine granite of the Sierra de Mariara , and ...
Side 22
... granite , nearly porphyritic , the yellowish white feld- spar crystals of which are more than an inch and a half long . Mica is rare in them , and is of a fine silvery lustre . Nothing can be more picturesque and solemn than the aspect ...
... granite , nearly porphyritic , the yellowish white feld- spar crystals of which are more than an inch and a half long . Mica is rare in them , and is of a fine silvery lustre . Nothing can be more picturesque and solemn than the aspect ...
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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