My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... 264 CHAPTER XIX " IN MEMORIAM 22 . 289 CHAPTER XX IN LONDON , AND VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE 302 CHAPTER XXI THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO - SINGAPORE , MALACCA , BORNEO 337 CHAPTER XXII CELEBES , THE MOLUCCAS , NEW GUINEA , viii CONTENTS.
... 264 CHAPTER XIX " IN MEMORIAM 22 . 289 CHAPTER XX IN LONDON , AND VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE 302 CHAPTER XXI THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO - SINGAPORE , MALACCA , BORNEO 337 CHAPTER XXII CELEBES , THE MOLUCCAS , NEW GUINEA , viii CONTENTS.
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... voyage is occupied chiefly with an account of this visit , a comparison of Paris with London , and especially an account of the museums at the Jardin des Plantes as compared with the British Museum . Towards the end of this long letter ...
... voyage is occupied chiefly with an account of this visit , a comparison of Paris with London , and especially an account of the museums at the Jardin des Plantes as compared with the British Museum . Towards the end of this long letter ...
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... Voyage up the Amazon , " by Mr. W. H. Edwards . This little book was so clearly and brightly written , described so well the beauty and the grandeur of tropical vegetation , and gave such a pleasing account of the people , their ...
... Voyage up the Amazon , " by Mr. W. H. Edwards . This little book was so clearly and brightly written , described so well the beauty and the grandeur of tropical vegetation , and gave such a pleasing account of the people , their ...
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... just as we had a distant sight of Maderia . Shortly afterwards we got into the region of the trade - wind , and had fine , bright weather all the rest of the voyage . We passed through XVIII ] 267 THE JOURNEY TO THE AMAZON.
... just as we had a distant sight of Maderia . Shortly afterwards we got into the region of the trade - wind , and had fine , bright weather all the rest of the voyage . We passed through XVIII ] 267 THE JOURNEY TO THE AMAZON.
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A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. all the rest of the voyage . We passed through part of the celebrated Sargasso Sea , where the surface is covered with long stretches of floating sea - weed , not brought there by ...
A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. all the rest of the voyage . We passed through part of the celebrated Sargasso Sea , where the surface is covered with long stretches of floating sea - weed , not brought there by ...
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