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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... walls , inside and out , were of gold , or plated with gold , as were the inner walls . A great plate of gold at the eastern end represented the sun , and ranged beneath were the desiccated - or as some say the embalmed - bodies of the ...
... walls , inside and out , were of gold , or plated with gold , as were the inner walls . A great plate of gold at the eastern end represented the sun , and ranged beneath were the desiccated - or as some say the embalmed - bodies of the ...
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... walls of the temple , as his share of the spoil , which Pizarro granted as a trifling thing , but which amounted to more than 4,000 marcs [ 32,000 ounces ] . We may judge from this what was the wealth of the temple in its greatness ...
... walls of the temple , as his share of the spoil , which Pizarro granted as a trifling thing , but which amounted to more than 4,000 marcs [ 32,000 ounces ] . We may judge from this what was the wealth of the temple in its greatness ...
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... walls all around , the only entrance to which is an opening capable of admitting one canoe at a time , and even then the entrance being guarded with trapping lines , the men stationed on the rocks could easily overturn all canoes that ...
... walls all around , the only entrance to which is an opening capable of admitting one canoe at a time , and even then the entrance being guarded with trapping lines , the men stationed on the rocks could easily overturn all canoes that ...
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