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 666
... wind blew - the ' vento geral , " or trade - wind of the Amazons - sailing - vessels could get along very well ; but when this failed they were obliged to remain , sometimes many days to gether , anchored near the shore , or progress ...
... wind blew - the ' vento geral , " or trade - wind of the Amazons - sailing - vessels could get along very well ; but when this failed they were obliged to remain , sometimes many days to gether , anchored near the shore , or progress ...
Page 676
... wind . The dry season had been of very brief duration this year ; it generally lasts in this part of the Amazons from July to January , with a short interval of showery wear in November . The river ought to sink thirty or thirty - five ...
... wind . The dry season had been of very brief duration this year ; it generally lasts in this part of the Amazons from July to January , with a short interval of showery wear in November . The river ought to sink thirty or thirty - five ...
Page 701
... wind off shore all day on the 20th , and made but fourteen or fifteen miles by six P.M. , when , the wind failing us , we anchored at the mouth of a narrow channel , called Tapai- úna , which runs between a large island and the mainland ...
... wind off shore all day on the 20th , and made but fourteen or fifteen miles by six P.M. , when , the wind failing us , we anchored at the mouth of a narrow channel , called Tapai- úna , which runs between a large island and the mainland ...
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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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