Views of Nature: Or, Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation; with Scientific IllustrationsH. G. Bohn, 1850 - 452 էջ |
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... Caracas . The Lake of Tacarigua . Contrast between the luxuriant abundance of organic life and the treeless plains . Impressions of space . The steppe as the bottom of an ancient inland sea . Broken strata lying somewhat above the ...
... Caracas . The Lake of Tacarigua . Contrast between the luxuriant abundance of organic life and the treeless plains . Impressions of space . The steppe as the bottom of an ancient inland sea . Broken strata lying somewhat above the ...
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... Caracas , and the island - studded lake of Tacarigua ( 1 ) , whose waters reflect the forms of the neighbouring bananas , —when he leaves the fields verdant with the light and tender green of the Tahitian sugar - cane , or the sombre ...
... Caracas , and the island - studded lake of Tacarigua ( 1 ) , whose waters reflect the forms of the neighbouring bananas , —when he leaves the fields verdant with the light and tender green of the Tahitian sugar - cane , or the sombre ...
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... Caracas and Buenos Ayres . The more beautiful portions of the plains , inhabited by Asiatic pastoral tribes , are adorned with lowly shrubs of luxuriant white - blossomed Rosa- cea , Crown Imperials ( Fritillaria ) , Cypripedeæ , and ...
... Caracas and Buenos Ayres . The more beautiful portions of the plains , inhabited by Asiatic pastoral tribes , are adorned with lowly shrubs of luxuriant white - blossomed Rosa- cea , Crown Imperials ( Fritillaria ) , Cypripedeæ , and ...
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... Caracas to the forests of Guiana , and from the snow - covered mountains of Merida , on whose declivity lies the Natron lake of Urao , -- the object of the religious superstition of the natives , to the vast delta formed by the mouth of ...
... Caracas to the forests of Guiana , and from the snow - covered mountains of Merida , on whose declivity lies the Natron lake of Urao , -- the object of the religious superstition of the natives , to the vast delta formed by the mouth of ...
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... Caracas , the sea - girt districts , and the richly watered plains of the Orinoco , for this treeless and springless desert . Hence on the arrival of the first Euro- pean and African settlers , the Steppe was found to be almost without ...
... Caracas , the sea - girt districts , and the richly watered plains of the Orinoco , for this treeless and springless desert . Hence on the arrival of the first Euro- pean and African settlers , the Steppe was found to be almost without ...
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Views of Nature, Or, Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation ... Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1850 |
Views of Nature: Or, Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1869 |
Views of Nature: Or, Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation ... Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1902 |
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