The Naturalist in NicaraguaThe Minerva Group, Inc., 2002 - 344 pages The best of all natural history journals which have ever been published.--Charles Darwin, 1874. Beautifully illustrated and a pleasure to read, this classic book describes the geography, geology, ecology, flora, fauna, and native inhabitants of Nicaragua in the nineteenth century. Many of Belt's detailed and accurate observations were not confirmed until decades later--for example, the fact that certain plants have standing armies of ants that defend them. |
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... Lakes by Ice Action , Geol . Soc . Quart . Journ . , vol . 20 , 1864 , pp . 463-465 , Phil . Mag . , vol . 28 , 1864 , p . 323 , Nova Scotian Inst Nat . Sci . , vol . 2 , pt . 3 , 1867 , p . 70 ; The Glacial Period in North America ...
... Lakes by Ice Action , Geol . Soc . Quart . Journ . , vol . 20 , 1864 , pp . 463-465 , Phil . Mag . , vol . 28 , 1864 , p . 323 , Nova Scotian Inst Nat . Sci . , vol . 2 , pt . 3 , 1867 , p . 70 ; The Glacial Period in North America ...
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... Lake Managua Uitapa Managua Nind Masay Masturp Jinotepe Dina PACIFIC Palma GRANADA R.Murtados Nandaime R. Achote R. Guineo Potos Fivas CE / A N وسس SKETCH MAP of NICARAGUA English Miles 0310 20 30 40 50 60 70 87 80 S.Juan del Sur K ...
... Lake Managua Uitapa Managua Nind Masay Masturp Jinotepe Dina PACIFIC Palma GRANADA R.Murtados Nandaime R. Achote R. Guineo Potos Fivas CE / A N وسس SKETCH MAP of NICARAGUA English Miles 0310 20 30 40 50 60 70 87 80 S.Juan del Sur K ...
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... lake of Nicaragua - Ometépec - Becalmed on the lake- White egrets - Reach San Ubaldo - Ride across the plains- Vegetation of the plains - Armadillo - Savannahs - Jicara trees - Jicara bowls - Origin of gourd - shaped pottery- Coyotes ...
... lake of Nicaragua - Ometépec - Becalmed on the lake- White egrets - Reach San Ubaldo - Ride across the plains- Vegetation of the plains - Armadillo - Savannahs - Jicara trees - Jicara bowls - Origin of gourd - shaped pottery- Coyotes ...
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... lake of Nicaragua - Voyage on lake - Fresh - water shells and insects Similarity of fresh - water productions all over the world - Distribution of European land and fresh - water shells -Discussion of the reasons why fresh - water ...
... lake of Nicaragua - Voyage on lake - Fresh - water shells and insects Similarity of fresh - water productions all over the world - Distribution of European land and fresh - water shells -Discussion of the reasons why fresh - water ...
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... lake of Masaya - The volcano of Masaya - Origin of the lake basin CHAPTER XX · Indian population of the country lying between the great lakes of Nicaragua and the Pacific - Discovery and conquest of Nica- ragua by the Spaniards ...
... lake of Masaya - The volcano of Masaya - Origin of the lake basin CHAPTER XX · Indian population of the country lying between the great lakes of Nicaragua and the Pacific - Discovery and conquest of Nica- ragua by the Spaniards ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
CHAPTER II | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
CHAPTER IV | 37 |
CHAPTER V | 50 |
CHAPTER VI | 68 |
CHAPTER VII | 81 |
CHAPTER VIII | 98 |
CHAPTER XII | 165 |
CHAPTER XIII | 179 |
CHAPTER XIV | 191 |
CHAPTER XV | 211 |
CHAPTER XVI | 224 |
CHAPTER XVII | 236 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 250 |
CHAPTER XIX | 258 |
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