Voyage to South-America: Performed by Order of the American Government in the Years 1817 and 1818 in the Frigate Congress : in Two Volumes, Том 1The Author, 1819 - 351 страница |
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... known ; and even these , although very generally perused , have been studied by few . Why then it will be asked , do I swell the pile of unappropriated , neglected information , by the addition of two octavo volumes ? It is certainly ...
... known ; and even these , although very generally perused , have been studied by few . Why then it will be asked , do I swell the pile of unappropriated , neglected information , by the addition of two octavo volumes ? It is certainly ...
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... known in the new world ; an account of its topography , rivers , provinces , towns , savages , civil and political history , or the various incidents of the present revolution , on twenty different sanguinary theatres of war . I have ...
... known in the new world ; an account of its topography , rivers , provinces , towns , savages , civil and political history , or the various incidents of the present revolution , on twenty different sanguinary theatres of war . I have ...
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... supplied with water , and consequently more fertile ; the pampas of La Plata , it is true wear a more unpromising appearance ; but I am inclined to think , that when they shall be- 3 VOL . I. come better known , they will not be found so.
... supplied with water , and consequently more fertile ; the pampas of La Plata , it is true wear a more unpromising appearance ; but I am inclined to think , that when they shall be- 3 VOL . I. come better known , they will not be found so.
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... known , they will not be found so bad as they are present supposed to be . They have ad- vantages of climate and soil , which place them far above the immense steppes in the north of Asia . But that part of South America , which by some ...
... known , they will not be found so bad as they are present supposed to be . They have ad- vantages of climate and soil , which place them far above the immense steppes in the north of Asia . But that part of South America , which by some ...
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... silver annually sent by the new con- tinent into Europe , amounts to more than nine - tenths of the whole mines in the known world . The Spanish colonies for example , It is probable , the time will come , when INTRODUCTION . 19.
... silver annually sent by the new con- tinent into Europe , amounts to more than nine - tenths of the whole mines in the known world . The Spanish colonies for example , It is probable , the time will come , when INTRODUCTION . 19.
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