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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... side of the Atlantic . The English never lost sight of their covetous designs on the new world . Although in a great measure , masters of its commerce , they were also ambitious of being master of its soil . Scarcely any part of South ...
... side of the Atlantic . The English never lost sight of their covetous designs on the new world . Although in a great measure , masters of its commerce , they were also ambitious of being master of its soil . Scarcely any part of South ...
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... sides of the continent , but for different reasons ; on the At- lantic , the extraordinary mass of vegetation , which covers the ground , opposes the most serious obstacle to the opening of roads ; obstacles that in this country we can ...
... sides of the continent , but for different reasons ; on the At- lantic , the extraordinary mass of vegetation , which covers the ground , opposes the most serious obstacle to the opening of roads ; obstacles that in this country we can ...
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... sides of the ocean . The eastern ridges of the Andes , op- pose a barrier scarcely less formidable . Humboldt has remarked , that in no part of the world , is the population so unequally distributed as in Spanish America . This ...
... sides of the ocean . The eastern ridges of the Andes , op- pose a barrier scarcely less formidable . Humboldt has remarked , that in no part of the world , is the population so unequally distributed as in Spanish America . This ...
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... side . The distinction therefore , is not so much in blood , as in condition ; there is no deep rooted , enmity to prevent them from uniting in a common cause . In the insur- rection of 1783 , the Indians at first , made a distinc- tion ...
... side . The distinction therefore , is not so much in blood , as in condition ; there is no deep rooted , enmity to prevent them from uniting in a common cause . In the insur- rection of 1783 , the Indians at first , made a distinc- tion ...
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... side at all , it has generally been in favor of the Ameri- cans . The unsubdued Indians on the borders of the settlements have shewn no particular inclination to either side , except in very few instances ; but they can contribute but ...
... side at all , it has generally been in favor of the Ameri- cans . The unsubdued Indians on the borders of the settlements have shewn no particular inclination to either side , except in very few instances ; but they can contribute but ...
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