The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 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 a 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 a 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 208
... island larger than Libya and Asia together . From it navigation passed to the other islands , and from them to the opposite continent which surrounded that ocean . On this great Atlantic island there was a powerful and singular kingdom ...
... island larger than Libya and Asia together . From it navigation passed to the other islands , and from them to the opposite continent which surrounded that ocean . On this great Atlantic island there was a powerful and singular kingdom ...
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