The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
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In the prosecution of his labours he travelled over both Asia and America ; and in his long wanderings his keen powers of observation were ever on the alert to enlarge the domain of human knowledge . “ In 1863 Mr. Belt went to Nova ...
In the prosecution of his labours he travelled over both Asia and America ; and in his long wanderings his keen powers of observation were ever on the alert to enlarge the domain of human knowledge . “ In 1863 Mr. Belt went to Nova ...
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... and render the book truly a classic one amongst our natural history literature . In 1873 , and again in 1875 and 1876 , he was in Russia , and travelled over a large portion of that great empire . The xiv PREFACE .
... and render the book truly a classic one amongst our natural history literature . In 1873 , and again in 1875 and 1876 , he was in Russia , and travelled over a large portion of that great empire . The xiv PREFACE .
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... readers receive my work I shall probably have turned my face homewards again , and for weeks be travelling across the frozen Siberian steppes , wrapped in furs , listening to the sleigh bells , and wondering how my book has sped .
... readers receive my work I shall probably have turned my face homewards again , and for weeks be travelling across the frozen Siberian steppes , wrapped in furs , listening to the sleigh bells , and wondering how my book has sped .
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Concordia — Jinotega — Indian habits retained by the people , Indian names of towns - Security of travellers in Nicaragua -Native flour - mill - Uncomfortable lodgings — TierrabonaDust whirlwind - Initial form of a cyclone — The origin ...
Concordia — Jinotega — Indian habits retained by the people , Indian names of towns - Security of travellers in Nicaragua -Native flour - mill - Uncomfortable lodgings — TierrabonaDust whirlwind - Initial form of a cyclone — The origin ...
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The people that cultivated it were all more or less advanced in civilisation ; they were settled in towns ; their traders travelled from one country to another with their wares ; they were of a docile and ...
The people that cultivated it were all more or less advanced in civilisation ; they were settled in towns ; their traders travelled from one country to another with their wares ; they were of a docile and ...
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| Pealkiri | The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
| Autor | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Edward Bumpus, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 nov. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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