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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Page 63
... race of Indians are inferior in intelligence to the negroes , and indeed there are those who will scarcely credit that they are the descendants of the men who raised the monuments of Palenque , Uxmal , and Chichen Itza . But the same ...
... race of Indians are inferior in intelligence to the negroes , and indeed there are those who will scarcely credit that they are the descendants of the men who raised the monuments of Palenque , Uxmal , and Chichen Itza . But the same ...
Page 72
... race . One almost stands aghast at the daring of the conquistadores - at Cortes , Pizarro , Alvarado , and the rest ... RACE . INDIAN WOMAN OF THE OLD AZTEC RACE . 72 THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD .
... race . One almost stands aghast at the daring of the conquistadores - at Cortes , Pizarro , Alvarado , and the rest ... RACE . INDIAN WOMAN OF THE OLD AZTEC RACE . 72 THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD .
Page 310
... race arrived in the country , it is believed by some anti- quaries that they found the low - lying coast lands in possession of a race almost as cultured as themselves , and in some cases even more so . How long this race had been there ...
... race arrived in the country , it is believed by some anti- quaries that they found the low - lying coast lands in possession of a race almost as cultured as themselves , and in some cases even more so . How long this race had been there ...
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