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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... covered with dense forests , in which live innumerable wild animals and a few savages , who subsist by hunting them and fishing the waters of the river and its tributaries . ( 4 ) The region of the Pampas . This section comprises the ...
... covered with dense forests , in which live innumerable wild animals and a few savages , who subsist by hunting them and fishing the waters of the river and its tributaries . ( 4 ) The region of the Pampas . This section comprises the ...
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... covered peaks , the highest of which is 17,735 feet , Chimborazo , " the Mountain of Snow , " is 20,697 feet high , and though imposing from any point of view , can be best appreciated as seen from the Pacific : as yet its summit has ...
... covered peaks , the highest of which is 17,735 feet , Chimborazo , " the Mountain of Snow , " is 20,697 feet high , and though imposing from any point of view , can be best appreciated as seen from the Pacific : as yet its summit has ...
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... covered with luxuriant evergreen vegetation composed of many beautiful plants . Dr. Bennett's impression of Tahiti may be allowed to stand as conveying a good general view of the botanical aspect of many of these Polynesian islands ...
... covered with luxuriant evergreen vegetation composed of many beautiful plants . Dr. Bennett's impression of Tahiti may be allowed to stand as conveying a good general view of the botanical aspect of many of these Polynesian islands ...
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