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 FormsJ. Murray, 1874 - 403 pages |
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Page v
... Central America , the first half relieved the tedium of a long and slow recovery from the effects of an acci- dent occurring on board ship . The middle of the manuscript found me traversing the high passes of the snow - clad Caucasus ...
... Central America , the first half relieved the tedium of a long and slow recovery from the effects of an acci- dent occurring on board ship . The middle of the manuscript found me traversing the high passes of the snow - clad Caucasus ...
Page vi
... Central and South America ; some on the wide ocean , with the firmament above and below blending together on the horizon ; and some , again , in the bowels of the earth , seeking for the mine's hidden riches . The thoughts are those of ...
... Central and South America ; some on the wide ocean , with the firmament above and below blending together on the horizon ; and some , again , in the bowels of the earth , seeking for the mine's hidden riches . The thoughts are those of ...
Page xii
... Central America - Evidence that the Ice extended to the Tropics - Scarcity of Gold in the Valley Gravels -Difference of the Mollusca on the East and West Coast of the Isthmus of Darien - The Refuge of the Tropical American Animals and ...
... Central America - Evidence that the Ice extended to the Tropics - Scarcity of Gold in the Valley Gravels -Difference of the Mollusca on the East and West Coast of the Isthmus of Darien - The Refuge of the Tropical American Animals and ...
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... Central America all belonged to one Stock - Decadence of Mexican Civilization before the arrival of the Spaniards - The designation " Nahuatls " proposed to include all the Mexican , Western Central American , and Peruvian Races that ...
... Central America all belonged to one Stock - Decadence of Mexican Civilization before the arrival of the Spaniards - The designation " Nahuatls " proposed to include all the Mexican , Western Central American , and Peruvian Races that ...
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... Central America . We lay about a mile . from the shore , and saw a low flat coast stretching before us . It was the delta of the river San Juan , into which flows the drainage of a great part of Nicaragua and Costa Rica , and which is ...
... Central America . We lay about a mile . from the shore , and saw a low flat coast stretching before us . It was the delta of the river San Juan , into which flows the drainage of a great part of Nicaragua and Costa Rica , and which is ...
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