 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1814 - 538 էջ
...lead to the city : they are made by the hand of man, and are of the breadth of two lances. The city is as large as Seville or Cordova. The streets, I...principal ones, are very narrow and very large ; some are hall dry and half occupied by navigable canals, furnished with very well constructed wooden bridges,... | |
 | William Bingley - 1821 - 374 էջ
...streets were narrow: some of them had navigable canals running along them, furnished with bridges, wide enough for ten men on horseback, to pass at the same time. The market-place was surrounded with an immense portico, under which Were sold all sorts of merchandise, eatables, ornaments... | |
 | Edinburgh gazetteer - 1822 - 802 էջ
...describes it as possessing all the activity and bustle of a commercial town. " The streets (he observes), I merely speak of the principal ones, are very narrow...well constructed wooden bridges, broad enough for 10 men on horseback to pass at the same time. The market-place, twice as large as that of Seville,... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - 1823 - 374 էջ
...describes it as possessing all the activity and bustle of a commercial town. " The streets (he observes,) I merely speak of the principal ones, are very narrow...well constructed wooden bridges, broad enough for 10 men on horseback to pass at the same time. The market-place, twice as large as that of Seville,... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1830 - 380 էջ
...lead to the city: they are made by the hand of man, and are of the breadth of two lances. The city is as large as Seville or Cordova. The streets, I...occupied by navigable canals, furnished with very well-constructed wooden bridges, broad enough for ten men on horseback to pass at the same time. The... | |
 | James Bell - 1831 - 778 էջ
...lead to the city : they are mail« by the hand of man, and are of the breadth of two lances. The. city is as large as Seville or Cordova. The streets —...well constructed wooden bridges, broad enough for ten niiMi on horseback to pass at the same time. The market-place, tivico as large as that of Seville,... | |
 | James Bell - 1832 - 910 էջ
...lead to the city : they are made by the hand of man, and are of the breadth of two lances. The city is as large as Seville or Cordova. The streets —...horseback to pass at the same time. The market-place, tivice as Montexuma shot at him intentionally, and killed him with their arrows ; others affirm that... | |
 | 1835 - 542 էջ
...addressed to Charles the Fifth, Cortea gives the following description: — " The city," he says, " is as large as Seville or Cordova The streets, I merely...half occupied by navigable canals, furnished with very-well constructed wooden-bridges. The market-place, twice as large as that of Seville, is surrounded... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1848 - 646 էջ
...lead to the city : they are made by the hand of man, and are of the breadth of two lances. The city is as large as Seville or Cordova. The streets, (I...speak of the principal ones,) are very narrow and very long ; some are half dry and half occupied by navigable canals, furnished with very well constructed... | |
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The city is as large as Seville or Cordova. The streets, I merely speak of the principal ones, are very narrow and very large; some are half dry and half occupied by navigable canals, furnished with very well-constructed wooden bridges, broad enough for... 