The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living FormsE. Bumpus, 1888 - 403 pages |
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Page 53
... Islands , it is possible that they are all the work of that once - powerful race , and not of the settled agri- cultural and statue - making Indians of the western part of the continent . We started from Esquipula early next morning ...
... Islands , it is possible that they are all the work of that once - powerful race , and not of the settled agri- cultural and statue - making Indians of the western part of the continent . We started from Esquipula early next morning ...
Page 55
... Islands they occupied most of Cuba and Hayti ; but from Porto Rico south- wards the islands were peopled by the warlike Caribs , who harassed the more civilised tribes to the north . From Cape Gracias a Dios southward , the eastern ...
... Islands they occupied most of Cuba and Hayti ; but from Porto Rico south- wards the islands were peopled by the warlike Caribs , who harassed the more civilised tribes to the north . From Cape Gracias a Dios southward , the eastern ...
Page 56
... Islands , Cuba and Hayti seem to have been peopled from Yucatan , and Florida , Porto Rico , and all the islands to the southwards , from Venezuela . In Central America , the bread made from the maize . is prepared at the present day ...
... Islands , Cuba and Hayti seem to have been peopled from Yucatan , and Florida , Porto Rico , and all the islands to the southwards , from Venezuela . In Central America , the bread made from the maize . is prepared at the present day ...
Page 64
... islands of the West Indies were exterminated , and large numbers of Indians were carried off from the mainland to supply their places , but died with equal rapidity ; so that the Spaniards found it more profitable to bring negroes from ...
... islands of the West Indies were exterminated , and large numbers of Indians were carried off from the mainland to supply their places , but died with equal rapidity ; so that the Spaniards found it more profitable to bring negroes from ...
Page 148
... islands . To the south- west , over the savannahs , the air was clear , and the peak of Ometépec was a fine object in the distance . A white cloud enveloping its top looked like a snow - cap , and this , as the night came on , descended ...
... islands . To the south- west , over the savannahs , the air was clear , and the peak of Ometépec was a fine object in the distance . A white cloud enveloping its top looked like a snow - cap , and this , as the night came on , descended ...
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