The Countries of the World: Being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and Peoples of the Globe, Volumes 3-4Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1892 |
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... Central America ; " De Waldeck : " Voyage Pittoresque et Archéologique dans le Province d'Yucatan ( Amerique Central ) ; " Stephens : " Central America ; " Squier : " Nicaragua ; ' " The States of Central America ; " Scherzer ...
... Central America ; " De Waldeck : " Voyage Pittoresque et Archéologique dans le Province d'Yucatan ( Amerique Central ) ; " Stephens : " Central America ; " Squier : " Nicaragua ; ' " The States of Central America ; " Scherzer ...
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... Central America should be found only in a limited area , and should be evidently the work of one particular and exceptionally civilised race of Indians . None exist in South America , and none in that part of the Continent commonly ...
... Central America should be found only in a limited area , and should be evidently the work of one particular and exceptionally civilised race of Indians . None exist in South America , and none in that part of the Continent commonly ...
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... Central America are , as we have already seen , superior in intelligence , comfort , and general condition to those of the hot - lying coast lands . In the higher upland plains - Los Altos , as they are called - we find a more active ...
... Central America are , as we have already seen , superior in intelligence , comfort , and general condition to those of the hot - lying coast lands . In the higher upland plains - Los Altos , as they are called - we find a more active ...
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