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
... leaves , which has fixed its roots in the rock , and towers over the landscape . With their dead and withered branches , these trees look like signals erected on a steep cliff . The form of these mounts unfolds the secret of their ...
... leaves , which has fixed its roots in the rock , and towers over the landscape . With their dead and withered branches , these trees look like signals erected on a steep cliff . The form of these mounts unfolds the secret of their ...
Side 9
... leaves in a sky without clouds , surround themselves with an atmosphere constantly cold and misty . They affect the copiousness of springs , not , as was long believed , by a pecu- liar attraction for the vapours diffused through the ...
... leaves in a sky without clouds , surround themselves with an atmosphere constantly cold and misty . They affect the copiousness of springs , not , as was long believed , by a pecu- liar attraction for the vapours diffused through the ...
Side 19
... leaves a very small residuum of carbonate of lime , and perhaps a little nitrate of potash . It is surprising that an inland lake should not be richer in alkaline and earthy salts , acquired from the neighbouring soils . 20 PLANTS AND ...
... leaves a very small residuum of carbonate of lime , and perhaps a little nitrate of potash . It is surprising that an inland lake should not be richer in alkaline and earthy salts , acquired from the neighbouring soils . 20 PLANTS AND ...
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... leaves with three and five lobes ; the full - grown leaves are in the form of a heart , and always with three lobes . We never met with the volado in flower . This is the Gyrocarpus asiaticus of Willdenow . Gyrocarpus sphenopterus , and ...
... leaves with three and five lobes ; the full - grown leaves are in the form of a heart , and always with three lobes . We never met with the volado in flower . This is the Gyrocarpus asiaticus of Willdenow . Gyrocarpus sphenopterus , and ...
Side 26
... leaves , situated in an enclosure at a small distance , on the bank of a rivulet , communicating with the bath . He assured us that we should there find all the conveniences of life ; nails to suspend our hammocks , ox - leather to ...
... leaves , situated in an enclosure at a small distance , on the bank of a rivulet , communicating with the bath . He assured us that we should there find all the conveniences of life ; nails to suspend our hammocks , ox - leather to ...
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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