Political essay on the kingdom of New Spain, Հատոր 3Longman, 1811 |
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Alexander von Humboldt. livres tournois . * In the Spanish Colonies , cho- colate is not considered an object of luxury , but of prime necessity . It is , in fact , a very healthy and nutritive aliment , and is of particular assistance ...
Alexander von Humboldt. livres tournois . * In the Spanish Colonies , cho- colate is not considered an object of luxury , but of prime necessity . It is , in fact , a very healthy and nutritive aliment , and is of particular assistance ...
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... livres tournois . This consumption of tobacco in New Spain , must appear enormous , especially when we consider , that from a population of 5,800,000 souls , we must deduct two millions and a half of Indians who never smoke . In Mexico ...
... livres tournois . This consumption of tobacco in New Spain , must appear enormous , especially when we consider , that from a population of 5,800,000 souls , we must deduct two millions and a half of Indians who never smoke . In Mexico ...
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... livres tournois . * New Spain , far from exporting its own to- bacco , draws annually nearly 56,000 pounds from the Havannah . The vexations which the planters experience , added to the prefe- rence given to the cultivation of coffee ...
... livres tournois . * New Spain , far from exporting its own to- bacco , draws annually nearly 56,000 pounds from the Havannah . The vexations which the planters experience , added to the prefe- rence given to the cultivation of coffee ...
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... livres . This substance , as to which Mr. Beckman has made such learned researches , was known to the Greeks and Romans under the name of indicum . The word anil , which has passed into the Spanish language , is de- rived from the ...
... livres . This substance , as to which Mr. Beckman has made such learned researches , was known to the Greeks and Romans under the name of indicum . The word anil , which has passed into the Spanish language , is de- rived from the ...
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... livres , a camel 35,000 , an ass 7700 , a cow 1200 , and a sheep 200. livres . Cieça Chronica del Peru ( Antwerp 1554 ) p . 65. Garcilasso , t . i . p . 328. These enormous prices , besides proving the scarcity of the objects sold ...
... livres , a camel 35,000 , an ass 7700 , a cow 1200 , and a sheep 200. livres . Cieça Chronica del Peru ( Antwerp 1554 ) p . 65. Garcilasso , t . i . p . 328. These enormous prices , besides proving the scarcity of the objects sold ...
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