The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of TravelHumboldt Publishing Company, 1889 - 774 pages |
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Page 653
... called in Portu- guese cabo , was a mameluco , named Manoel , a quiet , good humored person , who treated me with the most unaffected civility during the three days ' journey . The pilot was also a mameluco , named John Mendez , a hand ...
... called in Portu- guese cabo , was a mameluco , named Manoel , a quiet , good humored person , who treated me with the most unaffected civility during the three days ' journey . The pilot was also a mameluco , named John Mendez , a hand ...
Page 657
... called Carnapijó ; it is rocky , covered with the never - ending forest , and the coast , which is fringed with broad sandy beaches , describes a gentle curve inward . The broad reach of the Pará in front of this coast is called the ...
... called Carnapijó ; it is rocky , covered with the never - ending forest , and the coast , which is fringed with broad sandy beaches , describes a gentle curve inward . The broad reach of the Pará in front of this coast is called the ...
Page 700
... called Burarí . As in all the semi - civil- ized villages , where the original orderly and industrious habits of the Indian have been lost without anything being learned from the whites to make amends , the inhabitants live in the ...
... called Burarí . As in all the semi - civil- ized villages , where the original orderly and industrious habits of the Indian have been lost without anything being learned from the whites to make amends , the inhabitants live in the ...
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