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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... Nicaragua - Ometepec - Becalmed on the Lake -- White Cygnets - Reach San Ubaldo - Ride across the Plains - Vegetation of the Plains - Armadillo Savannahs - Jicara Trees - Jicara Bowls --Origin of Gourd - shaped Pottery - Coyotes - Mule ...
... Nicaragua - Ometepec - Becalmed on the Lake -- White Cygnets - Reach San Ubaldo - Ride across the Plains - Vegetation of the Plains - Armadillo Savannahs - Jicara Trees - Jicara Bowls --Origin of Gourd - shaped Pottery - Coyotes - Mule ...
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... Nicaragua into three Zones - Journey from Juigalpa to Lake of Nicaragua - Voyage on Lake - Fresh - water Shells and Insects Similarity of Fresh - water productions all over the World -Distribution of European Land and Fresh - water ...
... Nicaragua into three Zones - Journey from Juigalpa to Lake of Nicaragua - Voyage on Lake - Fresh - water Shells and Insects Similarity of Fresh - water productions all over the World -Distribution of European Land and Fresh - water ...
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... Nicaragua and the Pacific - Discovery and Conquest of Nicaragua by the Spaniards - Cruelties of the Spaniards - The Indians of Western Central America all belonged to one Stock - Decadence of Mexican Civilization before the arrival of ...
... Nicaragua and the Pacific - Discovery and Conquest of Nicaragua by the Spaniards - Cruelties of the Spaniards - The Indians of Western Central America all belonged to one Stock - Decadence of Mexican Civilization before the arrival of ...
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... NICARAGUA 381 382 at the end . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA . 78 CHAPTER I. Arrival at xvi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE.
... NICARAGUA 381 382 at the end . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA . 78 CHAPTER I. Arrival at xvi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE.
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... Nicaragua in 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 ...
... Nicaragua in 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 ...
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