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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PAGE Climate of the north - eastern side of Nicaragua – Excursions around
Santo Domingo - The Artigua – Corruption of Ancient NamesButterflies , Spiders ,
and Wasps - Humming - birds , Beetles , and Ants - Plants and Trees - - Timber ...
PAGE Climate of the north - eastern side of Nicaragua – Excursions around
Santo Domingo - The Artigua – Corruption of Ancient NamesButterflies , Spiders ,
and Wasps - Humming - birds , Beetles , and Ants - Plants and Trees - - Timber ...
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... drinking - Piety of the Indians - Ancient Civilization of Tropical America -
Palacaguina - Hospitality of the Mestizos — Curious Custom at the Festival at
Condego - Cross Range between Segovia and Matagalpa - Sontuli - Birds '
Nests .
... drinking - Piety of the Indians - Ancient Civilization of Tropical America -
Palacaguina - Hospitality of the Mestizos — Curious Custom at the Festival at
Condego - Cross Range between Segovia and Matagalpa - Sontuli - Birds '
Nests .
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... Western Central American , and Peruvian Races that had descended from the
same ancient Stock - The Nahuatls distinct from the Caribs on one side and the
Red Indians on the otherDiscussion of the question of the peopling of America .
... Western Central American , and Peruvian Races that had descended from the
same ancient Stock - The Nahuatls distinct from the Caribs on one side and the
Red Indians on the otherDiscussion of the question of the peopling of America .
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India rubber was well known to the ancient inhabitants of Central America .
Before the Spanish conquest the Mexicans played with balls made from it , and it
still bears its Aztec name of Ulli , from which the Spaniards call the collectors of it
...
India rubber was well known to the ancient inhabitants of Central America .
Before the Spanish conquest the Mexicans played with balls made from it , and it
still bears its Aztec name of Ulli , from which the Spaniards call the collectors of it
...
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It is a singular fact , and one showing the persistence of particular ways of doing
things through long ages amongst people belonging to the same race that , in the
ancient Mexican , Uxmal , and Palenque picture - writings , bronze axes are ...
It is a singular fact , and one showing the persistence of particular ways of doing
things through long ages amongst people belonging to the same race that , in the
ancient Mexican , Uxmal , and Palenque picture - writings , bronze axes are ...
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| Title | 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 |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 aug. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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