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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... seen , and that nothing grew on the island . This , however , like most of such statements , proved to be not alto- gether true . There were certainly no public buildings or picture galleries in the miserable little village , but it was ...
... seen , and that nothing grew on the island . This , however , like most of such statements , proved to be not alto- gether true . There were certainly no public buildings or picture galleries in the miserable little village , but it was ...
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... seen from the deck at a distance of forty - five miles . Early in the morning of the 29th I first saw South America , the ship having anchored off Pernambuco . The mail steamers lie about a mile outside the Recife , a coral reef , which ...
... seen from the deck at a distance of forty - five miles . Early in the morning of the 29th I first saw South America , the ship having anchored off Pernambuco . The mail steamers lie about a mile outside the Recife , a coral reef , which ...
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... seen them as large as twenty - two pounds . We had no time to spare , having to return to the ship in the teeth of a fresh breeze , which raised sea enough to be exciting in our little boat , particularly as we knew that in the event of ...
... seen them as large as twenty - two pounds . We had no time to spare , having to return to the ship in the teeth of a fresh breeze , which raised sea enough to be exciting in our little boat , particularly as we knew that in the event of ...
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... seen waving over the sea- borne rocks ; and that- yes , that is the renowned Sugarloaf . We slide between a twin pair of granite islands rising abruptly from the sea , covered with palms and cactus and innumerable green shrubs ...
... seen waving over the sea- borne rocks ; and that- yes , that is the renowned Sugarloaf . We slide between a twin pair of granite islands rising abruptly from the sea , covered with palms and cactus and innumerable green shrubs ...
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... seen . The most powerful tribe are bronze - coloured rather than black , and their splendid developement of muscle fully comes up to the ideal of ancient sculpture . CHAPTER II . ARRIVAL AT BUENOS AYRES . THE MARKET 22 SOUTH AMERICAN ...
... seen . The most powerful tribe are bronze - coloured rather than black , and their splendid developement of muscle fully comes up to the ideal of ancient sculpture . CHAPTER II . ARRIVAL AT BUENOS AYRES . THE MARKET 22 SOUTH AMERICAN ...
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