The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 46
... 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 á 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 á Dios southward , the eastern coast ...
Page 207
... islands , and the many mammals belonging to Asiatic genera are no more seen . Mr. Wallace ascribes the present isolation of the islands , and their separation from the adjoining continents , to the submergence of the channels between ...
... islands , and the many mammals belonging to Asiatic genera are no more seen . Mr. Wallace ascribes the present isolation of the islands , and their separation from the adjoining continents , to the submergence of the channels between ...
Page 209
... Islands with America , the other islands mentioned by Plato may have been the Azores , also greatly increased in extent by the lowering of the ocean ; and the overwhelming of this lowland , on the melting of the ice at the close of the ...
... Islands with America , the other islands mentioned by Plato may have been the Azores , also greatly increased in extent by the lowering of the ocean ; and the overwhelming of this lowland , on the melting of the ice at the close of the ...
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