Voyage to Brazil; Rio de Janeiro; Passage round Cape Horn; Lima; Washington IslandsJ.P. Haven, 1831 |
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... entrance to the harbor of Rio . We lay within a couple of miles of the shore , surrounded by scenery of great splendor and beauty . Before us , at the distance of a few miles , was the wild range of mountains immediately south of the ...
... entrance to the harbor of Rio . We lay within a couple of miles of the shore , surrounded by scenery of great splendor and beauty . Before us , at the distance of a few miles , was the wild range of mountains immediately south of the ...
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... entrance of the harbor , and to the sky above , one dead coloring of the deepest neutral tint . Over this blackness -- in which streaks of sharpest lightning were fearfully playing - masses of those towering , motionless clouds , seen ...
... entrance of the harbor , and to the sky above , one dead coloring of the deepest neutral tint . Over this blackness -- in which streaks of sharpest lightning were fearfully playing - masses of those towering , motionless clouds , seen ...
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... entrance of the channel . In the centre of one stood a cluster of young cocoa- palms , the graceful noddings of whose plume - like heads I felt disposed to interpret into glad recogni- tion , on their part , of old acquaintance and ...
... entrance of the channel . In the centre of one stood a cluster of young cocoa- palms , the graceful noddings of whose plume - like heads I felt disposed to interpret into glad recogni- tion , on their part , of old acquaintance and ...
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... entrance , the castellated island of Villagagnon rises from the water , over which a tower here and there , with a forest of shipping adjoining , designated the location of the city . A little to the right again , a succession of low ...
... entrance , the castellated island of Villagagnon rises from the water , over which a tower here and there , with a forest of shipping adjoining , designated the location of the city . A little to the right again , a succession of low ...
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... entrance to it is very narrow , and almost entirely shut from the sight . Encircled by wild and lofty mountains , it exhibits , at almost every point of view , the characteristic features of a fine lake . In a momentary glance as we ...
... entrance to it is very narrow , and almost entirely shut from the sight . Encircled by wild and lofty mountains , it exhibits , at almost every point of view , the characteristic features of a fine lake . In a momentary glance as we ...
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admiration anchor appearance Aracaty beach beauty board the Guerriere boat Botafogo Brazil Callao Cape Cape Henry CAPE HORN Captain Finch centre character chief cloth cocoanut Commodore Thompson crew dark dear H deck delightful distance door dress emperor entrance exhibited feel feet Flamengo front gaze groves Hapas happy harbor head heart hills imperial interest kind land LETTER light Lima lofty manner ment miles morning mountains native neat night noble Nukuhiva o'clock officers Organ mountains ornamented palace party passed persons Peru Praya prayer present principal residence rich Rio de Janiero Robert Otway round sail Sandwich Islands scarce scene scenery seated seen shore side sight splendid square street tabu Taiohae Taipiis Taua thing thought throne tion tribe Tudor U. S. ship Guerriere Uapou valley Valparaiso various Vincennes voyage walls WASHINGTON ISLANDS whole wild