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 xi
CHAPTER WII. xi PAGE Climate of the north-eastern side of Nicaragua—
Excursions around Santo Domingo —The Artigua–Corruption of Ancient Names
— Butterflies, Spiders, and Wasps—Humming-birds, Beetles, and Ants—Plants
and ...
CHAPTER WII. xi PAGE Climate of the north-eastern side of Nicaragua—
Excursions around Santo Domingo —The Artigua–Corruption of Ancient Names
— Butterflies, Spiders, and Wasps—Humming-birds, Beetles, and Ants—Plants
and ...
Page xiii
PAGE A Nicaraguan Criminal—Geology between Ocotal and Totagalpa-
Preparations at Totagalpa for their Annual Festival—Chica-drinking —Piety of the
Indians—Ancient Civilization of Tropical America —Palacaguina —Hospitality of
the ...
PAGE A Nicaraguan Criminal—Geology between Ocotal and Totagalpa-
Preparations at Totagalpa for their Annual Festival—Chica-drinking —Piety of the
Indians—Ancient Civilization of Tropical America —Palacaguina —Hospitality of
the ...
Page xiv
... Civilization before the arrival of the Spaniards—The designation “Nahuatls ''
proposed to include all the Mexican, Western Central American, and Peruvian
Races that had descended from the same ancient Stock—The Nahuatls distinct
from ...
... Civilization before the arrival of the Spaniards—The designation “Nahuatls ''
proposed to include all the Mexican, Western Central American, and Peruvian
Races that had descended from the same ancient Stock—The Nahuatls distinct
from ...
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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 ...
Page 41
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 |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 okt. 2017 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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