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 6
... seems now to be entertained , that our rivers and lakes have undergone immense diminutions ; but many geological facts remind us also , that these great changes in the distribution of the waters have preceded all historical times ; and ...
... seems now to be entertained , that our rivers and lakes have undergone immense diminutions ; but many geological facts remind us also , that these great changes in the distribution of the waters have preceded all historical times ; and ...
Side 9
... much water as the rivers furnish . " In the sequel , the author himself seems to abandon what he terms " this occult case , the hypothesis of an aperture . " 10 RATE OF EVAPORATION . situated in opposite hemispheres ,
... much water as the rivers furnish . " In the sequel , the author himself seems to abandon what he terms " this occult case , the hypothesis of an aperture . " 10 RATE OF EVAPORATION . situated in opposite hemispheres ,
Side 14
... seems to me chimerical . If in consequence of great earthquakes , or other causes equally mysterious , ten very humid years should succeed to long droughts ; if the mountains should again become clothed with forests , and great trees ...
... seems to me chimerical . If in consequence of great earthquakes , or other causes equally mysterious , ten very humid years should succeed to long droughts ; if the mountains should again become clothed with forests , and great trees ...
Side 22
... seem as if the primitive rock were crowned with columns of basalt . In the rainy season , a considerable sheet of water rushes down like a cascade from these cliffs . The moun- tains connected on the east with the Rincon del Diablo ...
... seem as if the primitive rock were crowned with columns of basalt . In the rainy season , a considerable sheet of water rushes down like a cascade from these cliffs . The moun- tains connected on the east with the Rincon del Diablo ...
Side 30
... seems the more surprising , that their introduction was not encouraged by the government at the beginning of the conquest , as , long after the taking of Grenada , camels , for which the Moors OPPOSITION TO THEIR USE . 31 had a great ...
... seems the more surprising , that their introduction was not encouraged by the government at the beginning of the conquest , as , long after the taking of Grenada , camels , for which the Moors OPPOSITION TO THEIR USE . 31 had a great ...
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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