The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies: Containing an Entire Translation of the Spanish Work of Colonel Don Antonio de Alcedo, with Large Additions and Compilations from Modern Voyages and Travels and from Original and Authentic Information. In five volumes. Vol. I. [-V.].James Carpenter, ... Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, ... White, Cochrane and Company and Murray, ... London; Parker, Oxford; and Deighton, Cambridge., 1814 |
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Pagina 2
... rises from a lake and joins the river Quito , which rises from another lake , and these toge- ther form the Atrato . PABLO , an island in the strait of Magellan , near the e . coast , opposite cape Monmouth . PABLO , another , a small ...
... rises from a lake and joins the river Quito , which rises from another lake , and these toge- ther form the Atrato . PABLO , an island in the strait of Magellan , near the e . coast , opposite cape Monmouth . PABLO , another , a small ...
Pagina 4
... rises in the province of Aimaraes , runs n . traversing the province of Abancay , and enters the Apurimac : on it are more than 40 bridges of cords and willow - twigs . PACHACONAS , a settlement of the province and corregimiento of ...
... rises in the province of Aimaraes , runs n . traversing the province of Abancay , and enters the Apurimac : on it are more than 40 bridges of cords and willow - twigs . PACHACONAS , a settlement of the province and corregimiento of ...
Pagina 6
... rises in the interior of the same , between the rivers Caura and Orinoco , and forming a curve to the s . enters the latter . PADDAVIRI , an arm of the river Parime or Paravillanas , one of the four into which it is di- vided , and the ...
... rises in the interior of the same , between the rivers Caura and Orinoco , and forming a curve to the s . enters the latter . PADDAVIRI , an arm of the river Parime or Paravillanas , one of the four into which it is di- vided , and the ...
Pagina 13
... rises in the sierra of the Po- segueicas Indians , runs n . and enters the sea be- tween the cape San Juan de Guia and the river Hacha . [ PALOMINOS . Small islands on the coast of Peru , S. America ; three miles w . of St. Law- rence ...
... rises in the sierra of the Po- segueicas Indians , runs n . and enters the sea be- tween the cape San Juan de Guia and the river Hacha . [ PALOMINOS . Small islands on the coast of Peru , S. America ; three miles w . of St. Law- rence ...
Pagina 27
... rises at the back of the serrania , to the s . of the table - land of Guanipa , runs s . e . and collects some streams by the s . w . Near its source dwell some barbarian Indians of the Ivarecipes and Peritos Indians . It abounds in ...
... rises at the back of the serrania , to the s . of the table - land of Guanipa , runs s . e . and collects some streams by the s . w . Near its source dwell some barbarian Indians of the Ivarecipes and Peritos Indians . It abounds in ...
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