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... Islands they occupied most of Cuba and Hayti ; but from Porto Rico southwards the islands were people by the warlike Caribs , who harassed the more civilised tribes to the north . From Cape Gracias a Dios southward , the eastern coast ...
... Islands they occupied most of Cuba and Hayti ; but from Porto Rico southwards the islands were people by the warlike Caribs , who harassed the more civilised tribes to the north . From Cape Gracias a Dios southward , the eastern coast ...
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Thomas Belt. Mexico . The land molluscs of the islands to the south , on the contrary , from Barbuda and St. Kitt's down to ... islands occurring 1 Quoted in At Last , by Charles Kingsley , p . 305 . 2 Loc . cit . , p . 306 . 3 The Malay ...
Thomas Belt. Mexico . The land molluscs of the islands to the south , on the contrary , from Barbuda and St. Kitt's down to ... islands occurring 1 Quoted in At Last , by Charles Kingsley , p . 305 . 2 Loc . cit . , p . 306 . 3 The Malay ...
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... island larger than Libya and Asia together . From it navigation passed to the other islands , and from them to the opposite continent which surrounded that ocean . On this great Atlantic island there was a powerful and singular kingdom ...
... island larger than Libya and Asia together . From it navigation passed to the other islands , and from them to the opposite continent which surrounded that ocean . On this great Atlantic island there was a powerful and singular kingdom ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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