South American Sketches: Or, A Visit to Rio Janeiro, the Organ Mountains, La Plata, and the ParanàLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863 - 414 páginas |
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... Brazil and the Republics of the River Plate , that I am anxious to call the attention of others to these comparatively unfrequented countries . My visit to Brazil was short , but it enabled me to a wander among the exquisite scenery of ...
... Brazil and the Republics of the River Plate , that I am anxious to call the attention of others to these comparatively unfrequented countries . My visit to Brazil was short , but it enabled me to a wander among the exquisite scenery of ...
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... Brazil , and the experiment of a Constitutional Empire in the Western Hemisphere has met with a success which must be highly interesting to a traveller . The grandeur of the forests , the infinite variety of ferns , and flowers and ...
... Brazil , and the experiment of a Constitutional Empire in the Western Hemisphere has met with a success which must be highly interesting to a traveller . The grandeur of the forests , the infinite variety of ferns , and flowers and ...
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... Brazil ; but , considering the various effects of different seasons upon the climate and vegetation of the countries described , I thought that this was the best system to adopt . The illustrations , with the exception of that which is ...
... Brazil ; but , considering the various effects of different seasons upon the climate and vegetation of the countries described , I thought that this was the best system to adopt . The illustrations , with the exception of that which is ...
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... Solemnities at the Cathedral - Question of Paraguay — High Prices - Alarming Reports - Calmness of Hernandez- Victory ! Prisoners - General Glorification - Resolve to return to Brazil 192 CHAPTER X. RETURN TO BRAZIL . Start in the Mersey.
... Solemnities at the Cathedral - Question of Paraguay — High Prices - Alarming Reports - Calmness of Hernandez- Victory ! Prisoners - General Glorification - Resolve to return to Brazil 192 CHAPTER X. RETURN TO BRAZIL . Start in the Mersey.
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... BRAZIL . Start in the Mersey ' - Strange Colour in the Water - Land - birds blown off Shore in a Gale - Heavy Sea - Engineers from Paraguay - ― -A Man buried at Sea - Entrance to Rio - Want of Hotels- Jenny the Monkey - Off for ...
... BRAZIL . Start in the Mersey ' - Strange Colour in the Water - Land - birds blown off Shore in a Gale - Heavy Sea - Engineers from Paraguay - ― -A Man buried at Sea - Entrance to Rio - Want of Hotels- Jenny the Monkey - Off for ...
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