Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections and Maps Founded on Astronomical Observations and Trigonometrical and Barometrical Measurements, Հատոր 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 |
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Արդյունքներ 6–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... chinampas and arable land . The lake of Tezcuco , which Valmont de Bomaret * Properly from the S. 16 ° W. to N. 74 ° E. at least towards the convent of Saint Angustin , where I took my azimuths . The direction of the old streets was ...
... chinampas and arable land . The lake of Tezcuco , which Valmont de Bomaret * Properly from the S. 16 ° W. to N. 74 ° E. at least towards the convent of Saint Angustin , where I took my azimuths . The direction of the old streets was ...
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... chinampas , called by the Europeans floating gardens . There are two sorts of them , of which the one is moveable , and driven about by the winds , and the other fixed and attached to the shore . The first alone merit the denomination ...
... chinampas , called by the Europeans floating gardens . There are two sorts of them , of which the one is moveable , and driven about by the winds , and the other fixed and attached to the shore . The first alone merit the denomination ...
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... chinampas were merely bits of ground joined together artificially , and dug and sown upon by the Aztecs . These floating islands are to be met with in all the zones . I have seen them in the kingdom of Quito , on the river Guayaquil ...
... chinampas were merely bits of ground joined together artificially , and dug and sown upon by the Aztecs . These floating islands are to be met with in all the zones . I have seen them in the kingdom of Quito , on the river Guayaquil ...
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... chinampas have become fixed . We see this last class all along the canal de la Viga , in the marshy ground between the lake of Chalco and the lake of Tezcuco . Every chinampa forms a parallelogram of 100 metres in length , and from five ...
... chinampas have become fixed . We see this last class all along the canal de la Viga , in the marshy ground between the lake of Chalco and the lake of Tezcuco . Every chinampa forms a parallelogram of 100 metres in length , and from five ...
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... chinampas are cultivated beans , small pease , pimento , ( chile , capsicum , ) potatoes , artichokes , cauliflowers , and a great variety of other vegetables . The edges of these squares are generally ornamented with flowers , and ...
... chinampas are cultivated beans , small pease , pimento , ( chile , capsicum , ) potatoes , artichokes , cauliflowers , and a great variety of other vegetables . The edges of these squares are generally ornamented with flowers , and ...
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