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Page 46
In the West India 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 ...
In the West India 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 ...
Page 207
On the other hand , the fauna of islands to the eastward are more closely
connected with Australia , and must at one time have been joined to it by nearly
continuous land . Honeysuckers and lories take the place of the woodpeckers ,
barbets ...
On the other hand , the fauna of islands to the eastward are more closely
connected with Australia , and must at one time have been joined to it by nearly
continuous land . Honeysuckers and lories take the place of the woodpeckers ,
barbets ...
Page 209
1 If Atlantis were lowlands connecting the West Indian 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 ...
1 If Atlantis were lowlands connecting the West Indian 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 ...
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 561. number of Everyman's library Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Science Everyman's library. Travel and topography 561. number of Everyman's library: Science |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Contributor | Thomas Belt |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 7 jaan. 2010 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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