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
... mouth of the Tocantins , go- ing west . Early this morning we commenced the passage . The navigation is attended with danger , on account of the extensive shoals in the middle of the river , which are covered only by a small depth of ...
... mouth of the Tocantins , go- ing west . Early this morning we commenced the passage . The navigation is attended with danger , on account of the extensive shoals in the middle of the river , which are covered only by a small depth of ...
Page 683
... mouth of the Madeira , Penna intended to spend a few days . Our course on the 29th and 30th lay through nar- row channels between islands . On the 31st we passed the last of these , and then beheld to the south a sea - like expanse of ...
... mouth of the Madeira , Penna intended to spend a few days . Our course on the 29th and 30th lay through nar- row channels between islands . On the 31st we passed the last of these , and then beheld to the south a sea - like expanse of ...
Page 709
... mouth of the Amazons . I hesitated at first at this conclusion , but on reflecting that the tide was known to be perceptible at Obydos , more than 400 miles from the sea ; that at high water in the dry season a large flood from the ...
... mouth of the Amazons . I hesitated at first at this conclusion , but on reflecting that the tide was known to be perceptible at Obydos , more than 400 miles from the sea ; that at high water in the dry season a large flood from the ...
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The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures ..., 1. köide Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2017 |
The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2018 |
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