The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies: Containing an Entire Translation of the Spanish Work of Colonel Don Antonio de Alcedo, with Large Additions and Compilations from Modern Voyages and Travels and from Original and Authentic Information. In five volumes. Vol. I. [-V.].James Carpenter, ... Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, ... White, Cochrane and Company and Murray, ... London; Parker, Oxford; and Deighton, Cambridge., 1814 |
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... four into which it is di- vided , and the second which enters the Negro . PADILLA , a town of the province and govern- ment of Sierra Gorda in the bay of Mexico , and kingdom of Nueva España , founded in 1748 by the count of that title ...
... four into which it is di- vided , and the second which enters the Negro . PADILLA , a town of the province and govern- ment of Sierra Gorda in the bay of Mexico , and kingdom of Nueva España , founded in 1748 by the count of that title ...
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... four rocks , the largest of which is called Pajaro Ninno , or Paxaro Ninno , and two miles n . w . by n . from the southernmost point of the main or point Tortugas , that closes the port of Coquimbo . ] [ PAJAROS , LES , or ISLANDS OF ...
... four rocks , the largest of which is called Pajaro Ninno , or Paxaro Ninno , and two miles n . w . by n . from the southernmost point of the main or point Tortugas , that closes the port of Coquimbo . ] [ PAJAROS , LES , or ISLANDS OF ...
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... four fortresses of the Incas , called pucares , consisting of concentrical ditches of three or four rows , and in the interior one a wall or parapet . The exterior one , which was in general about two toises wide and as many deep , is ...
... four fortresses of the Incas , called pucares , consisting of concentrical ditches of three or four rows , and in the interior one a wall or parapet . The exterior one , which was in general about two toises wide and as many deep , is ...
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... four cities or towns ; viz . Para , St. Georges dos Alamos , Camonta , and Cahete , and about - fifty thousand inhabitants . The Portuguese formed new establishments on the Rio Negro , where they discovered dia- mond and gold mines : in ...
... four cities or towns ; viz . Para , St. Georges dos Alamos , Camonta , and Cahete , and about - fifty thousand inhabitants . The Portuguese formed new establishments on the Rio Negro , where they discovered dia- mond and gold mines : in ...
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... four years before ; but the court soon after retracted this permission , for reasons that were never fully explained . This government consists of 8993 white men , 17,844 negroes , or free Mulattoes , and slaves ; and of 38,937 Indians ...
... four years before ; but the court soon after retracted this permission , for reasons that were never fully explained . This government consists of 8993 white men , 17,844 negroes , or free Mulattoes , and slaves ; and of 38,937 Indians ...
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