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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... savannahs of Ocumare . The opposite banks of the lake of Valencia display a singular contrast ; those on the south are desert , and almost uninhabited , and a screen of high mountains and it is more natural to consider as the limits of ...
... savannahs of Ocumare . The opposite banks of the lake of Valencia display a singular contrast ; those on the south are desert , and almost uninhabited , and a screen of high mountains and it is more natural to consider as the limits of ...
Side 27
... savannahs , or wrapped in ruddy smoke . At the spot where the bushes were thickest , our horses were frightened by the yell of an animal that seemed to follow us closely . It was a large jaguar , which had roamed for three years among ...
... savannahs , or wrapped in ruddy smoke . At the spot where the bushes were thickest , our horses were frightened by the yell of an animal that seemed to follow us closely . It was a large jaguar , which had roamed for three years among ...
Side 37
... savannahs , like a flame that flies the approach of men . * The second historical event connected with the name of Valencia is the great incursion made by the Caribs of the Orinoco in 1578 and 1580. That cannibal horde went up the banks ...
... savannahs , like a flame that flies the approach of men . * The second historical event connected with the name of Valencia is the great incursion made by the Caribs of the Orinoco in 1578 and 1580. That cannibal horde went up the banks ...
Side 66
... savannahs of Monai and Carora . These Llanos are separated by the moun- tainous tract of Tocuyo and Nirgua from the great plains of La Portuguesa and Calabozo . It is very extraordinary to see barren savannahs loaded with miasmata . No ...
... savannahs of Monai and Carora . These Llanos are separated by the moun- tainous tract of Tocuyo and Nirgua from the great plains of La Portuguesa and Calabozo . It is very extraordinary to see barren savannahs loaded with miasmata . No ...
Side 67
... savannahs , extending from Bar- quesimeto to the eastern shore of the lake of Maracaybo , are partly covered with cactus ; but the good silvester - cochineal , known by the vague name of grana de Carora , comes from a more temperate ...
... savannahs , extending from Bar- quesimeto to the eastern shore of the lake of Maracaybo , are partly covered with cactus ; but the good silvester - cochineal , known by the vague name of grana de Carora , comes from a more temperate ...
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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