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Page 45
From the most ancient times , maize has been the principal food of the
inhabitants of the western side of tropical America . On the coast of Peru , Darwin
found heads of it , along with eighteen recent species of marine shells , in a
raised beach ...
From the most ancient times , maize has been the principal food of the
inhabitants of the western side of tropical America . On the coast of Peru , Darwin
found heads of it , along with eighteen recent species of marine shells , in a
raised beach ...
Page 57
There are many humble - bees , of different species from ours , in tropical
America ; but none of them frequented the flowers of the scarlet runner , and to
that circumstance we may safely ascribe its sterility . An analogous case has
been long ...
There are many humble - bees , of different species from ours , in tropical
America ; but none of them frequented the flowers of the scarlet runner , and to
that circumstance we may safely ascribe its sterility . An analogous case has
been long ...
Page 209
Everywhere throughout America there are traditions of a great catastrophe , in
which a whole country was submerged , and only a few people escaped to the
mountains ; and the Spanish conquerors relate with wonder the accounts they
found ...
Everywhere throughout America there are traditions of a great catastrophe , in
which a whole country was submerged , and only a few people escaped to the
mountains ; and the Spanish conquerors relate with wonder the accounts they
found ...
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 561. number of Everyman's library 561. number of Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Thys. Travel & topography 561. number of Everyman's library: Travel and topography |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent, 1928 |
| Original from | University of Texas |
| Digitized | 6 veeb. 2008 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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