Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain, Հատոր 4Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 |
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... prevails in that arid and naked plain , has a powerful effect on indi- viduals whose nervous system has never been accustomed to such a violent irritation . The heat , added to the fatigues of the journey , dis- poses the organs more ...
... prevails in that arid and naked plain , has a powerful effect on indi- viduals whose nervous system has never been accustomed to such a violent irritation . The heat , added to the fatigues of the journey , dis- poses the organs more ...
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... prevails . Gentle winds from the south south west and south east blow there during the whole year , and the seasons have almost no perceptible influence on them . Between 5 ° north latitude and Berings Straits , there pre- vails in the ...
... prevails . Gentle winds from the south south west and south east blow there during the whole year , and the seasons have almost no perceptible influence on them . Between 5 ° north latitude and Berings Straits , there pre- vails in the ...
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... prevail . Near Acapulco , and the fact is very im- portant to the pilots who frequent these lati- tudes , the north monsoons constantly incline to the north west . The north east wind † which we find out at sea and in more southern lati ...
... prevail . Near Acapulco , and the fact is very im- portant to the pilots who frequent these lati- tudes , the north monsoons constantly incline to the north west . The north east wind † which we find out at sea and in more southern lati ...
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... prevail near the line ; the furious winds known by the name of papagallos of which we have already spoken at the end of the third chapter ; and the danger of getting on land to the east of Acapulco . The calms are the more dangerous ...
... prevail near the line ; the furious winds known by the name of papagallos of which we have already spoken at the end of the third chapter ; and the danger of getting on land to the east of Acapulco . The calms are the more dangerous ...
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... prevail under the equator , between Cape St. Francis and the Galapagos Islands , the Peruvian ves- sels fall in with about the 13 ° 30 ′ and 15 ° of north latitude , and the 103 ° and 106 ° of west longitude , another region equally ...
... prevail under the equator , between Cape St. Francis and the Galapagos Islands , the Peruvian ves- sels fall in with about the 13 ° 30 ′ and 15 ° of north latitude , and the 103 ° and 106 ° of west longitude , another region equally ...
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Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections ..., Հատոր 4 Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1822 |
Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain ...: With Physical ..., Հատոր 4 Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1811 |
Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain, Հատոր 4 Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1811 |
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Acapulco agriculture amounted annually arrob average Cadiz Callao Cape Capitania Caracas cent climate cocoa commerce consulado contains Cruz Cuba disease ditto duties epidemic Europe Europeans expences exportation francs galleon gold and silver Guanaxuato Guayaquil half of piastres Havanah heat hospital Huasacualco hundred thousand piastres idem Importation increase Indians inhabitants Island of Cuba Isthmus Juan kilogrammes latitude leagues Lima livres tournois longitude Madrid Manilla merchants mercury Mexican Mexico militia millions of piastres mines month Mother Country navigation north west observed Perote Peru Philippine Islands population port precious metals presidios produce province provincias internas Puebla quantity quint quintals revenue road Saint San Blas Santa Spain Spanish America Spanish colonies Sterling sugar Tabasco table land Tehuantepec tion torrid zone Total town trade Trans troops United Value in dou value in piastres Vera Cruz vessels viceroy vomito Voyage West India Islands western coast winds Xalapa yellow fever
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Էջ 43 - The produce of the home manufactures, " have been in great request, and all the de" mands could by no means be satisfied, which " ought to excite the manufacturers to increase " the activity of their workshops. " 4. The importation of European brandy " would have been much greater, if it had not " been for the increasing consumption of rum " manufactured in Mexico. The wines of " Xeres and Rioxa are in the greatest re»
Էջ 201 - under the torrid zone, the smallest marshes are the most dangerous, being surrounded, as at Vera Cruz and Carthagena, with an arid and sandy soil, which raises the temperature of the ambient air...
Էջ 284 - ... this important truth, that the prosperity of the whites is intimately connected with that of the Copper coloured race, and that there can be no durable prosperity for the two Americas till this unfortunate race, humiliated but not degraded by long oppression, shall participate in all the advantages resulting from the progress of civilization and the improvement of social order ! NOTES AND SUPPLEMENT.
Էջ 88 - The sphere of their ideas has been extended, wants have been communicated to them which they were ignorant of, and within these twenty years they have made a considerable progress towards that social state which we very improperly designate by the word...
Էջ 25 - Fabrica ; but its navigation is extremely difficult on account of the seven pyramids (raudaks) which are counted between its source and the mouth of the Rio de Saravia. It would be of infinite importance again to order this ground to be examined by intelligent engineers, to determine whether, as was believed by M. Cramer, the canal between the two seas, can be executed without locks or without inclined planes, and whether by blowing up the rocks with powder, the beds of the rivers Passo and Chimalapa...
Էջ 25 - Chimalapa, the mountains form a groupe rather than an uninterrupted chain, and ' that there exists a transversal valley, in which a canal of communication might be cut between the two seas.
Էջ 58 - I have seen few situations in either hemisphere of a more savage aspect, I would say at the same time more dismal and more romantic. The masses of rocks bear in their form a strong resemblance to the dentilated crest of Montserrat in Catalonia. They are composed of granite of a large grain like that of Fichtelberg and Carlsbad in Germany. This granite is stratified, but the banks are irregularly inclined, sometimes to the south and sometimes to the south east.
Էջ 24 - Tehuantepec ; and that on ascending it beyond the cataract, even as far as the old desembarcadero de Malpasso, they were still more than 26 leagues distant from the shores of the South Sea. They observed that a chain of mountains of very inconsiderable height, divides the waters between the gulf of Mexico, and the gulf of Tehuantepec. This small cordillera stretches from east to west, from the Cerros de los Mixes, formerly inhabited by a wild and warlike tribe* towards the elevated table land of...