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 4
... leagues , or twenty - eight thousand eight hundred toises . Its breadth is very unequal . If we judge from the latitudes of the mouth of the Rio Cura and the village of Guigue , it nowhere surpasses 2.3 leagues , or six thousand five ...
... leagues , or twenty - eight thousand eight hundred toises . Its breadth is very unequal . If we judge from the latitudes of the mouth of the Rio Cura and the village of Guigue , it nowhere surpasses 2.3 leagues , or six thousand five ...
Side 5
... leagues in length and six in breadth . He affirms that at a small distance from the shore the lead finds no bottom ; and that large floating islands cover the surface of the waters , which are constantly agitated by the winds . No ...
... leagues in length and six in breadth . He affirms that at a small distance from the shore the lead finds no bottom ; and that large floating islands cover the surface of the waters , which are constantly agitated by the winds . No ...
Side 19
... leagues off in the streams that flow either into the Apure or the Orinoco , or imme- diately into the Caribbean Sea between Porto Cabello and La Guayra . In the islands that rise like bastions in the midst of the waters , and wherever ...
... leagues off in the streams that flow either into the Apure or the Orinoco , or imme- diately into the Caribbean Sea between Porto Cabello and La Guayra . In the islands that rise like bastions in the midst of the waters , and wherever ...
Side 36
... de Ursua , a Navarrese , of rather a Frenchman : we sailed on the largest rivers of Peru till we came to a gulf of fresh water . We had already gone three hundred leagues INCURSION OF THE CARIBS . 37 blush before the Spaniards.
... de Ursua , a Navarrese , of rather a Frenchman : we sailed on the largest rivers of Peru till we came to a gulf of fresh water . We had already gone three hundred leagues INCURSION OF THE CARIBS . 37 blush before the Spaniards.
Side 37
... leagues . God knows how we got through that great mass of water . advise thee , O great King , never to send Spanish fleets into that accursed river . God preserve thee in his holy keeping . " I This letter was given by Aguirre to the ...
... leagues . God knows how we got through that great mass of water . advise thee , O great King , never to send Spanish fleets into that accursed river . God preserve thee in his holy keeping . " I This letter was given by Aguirre to the ...
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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