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 667
... miles distant . On the following day ( 25th ) we sailed to- ward the west , along the upper portion of the Pará estuary , which extends seventy miles beyond the mouth of the Tocantins . It va- ries in width from three to five miles ...
... miles distant . On the following day ( 25th ) we sailed to- ward the west , along the upper portion of the Pará estuary , which extends seventy miles beyond the mouth of the Tocantins . It va- ries in width from three to five miles ...
Page 670
... miles broad , and in some places long , low , wooded islands intervene in mid- stream , whose light green vivid verdure formed a strangely beautiful foreground to the glorious landsc pe of broad stream and gray mountain . Ninety miles ...
... miles broad , and in some places long , low , wooded islands intervene in mid- stream , whose light green vivid verdure formed a strangely beautiful foreground to the glorious landsc pe of broad stream and gray mountain . Ninety miles ...
Page 717
... miles in length , if we reckon from the source of what is usually considered the main stream ( Lake Lauricocha , near Lima ) ; but 2500 miles by the route of the Ucayali , the most considerable and practicable fork of the up- per part ...
... miles in length , if we reckon from the source of what is usually considered the main stream ( Lake Lauricocha , near Lima ) ; but 2500 miles by the route of the Ucayali , the most considerable and practicable fork of the up- per part ...
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