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... Nicaragua , whose country comprised the present province of Rivas . Nicaragua had been informed of " the sharpness of the Spanish swords " and received Gonzales with hospitality , presenting him with much gold , equal to " 25,000 pieces ...
... Nicaragua , whose country comprised the present province of Rivas . Nicaragua had been informed of " the sharpness of the Spanish swords " and received Gonzales with hospitality , presenting him with much gold , equal to " 25,000 pieces ...
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... Nicaragua . The eminent ornithologist , Mr. Osbert Salvin , published in the Ibis for July 1872 a list of seventy - three species that I had up to that time sent to England . Alto- gether , only one hundred and fifty species , including ...
... Nicaragua . The eminent ornithologist , Mr. Osbert Salvin , published in the Ibis for July 1872 a list of seventy - three species that I had up to that time sent to England . Alto- gether , only one hundred and fifty species , including ...
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... Nicaragua , bird fauna of , 287 ; civil war in , 261 ; conquest of by Spaniards , 275 ; division of ! into three zones , 250 ; emigra- tion to , 276 , 277 ; insects of , 18 Nicaragua , name of chief , 274 Nicaraguans , hospitality of ...
... Nicaragua , bird fauna of , 287 ; civil war in , 261 ; conquest of by Spaniards , 275 ; division of ! into three zones , 250 ; emigra- tion to , 276 , 277 ; insects of , 18 Nicaragua , name of chief , 274 Nicaraguans , hospitality of ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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