The admirable order with which different tribes of vegetables rise above one another by strata, as it were, is no where more perceptible than in ascending from the port of Vera Cruz to the table-land of Perote. We see there the physiognomy of the country,... Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain - Էջ 202Alexander von Humboldt - 1814Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| Sir Richard Phillips - 1826 - 480 էջ
...suffocating heat prevails. The admirable order with which different tribes of vegetables rise above one another by strata, as it were, is no where more...physiognomy of the country, the aspect of the sky, the forms of plants, the figures of animals, the manners of the inhabitants, and the kind of cultivation... | |
| James Johnson - 1827 - 708 էջ
...regions of perpetual snow. " The admirable order with which different tribes of vegetables rise above one another by strata, as it were, is no where more...and the kind of cultivation followed by them, assume a different appearance at every step of our progress. " As we ascend, nature appears gradually less... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 878 էջ
...with which different tribes of vegetables rise above one another by strata, as it were, is nowhere more perceptible than in ascending from the port of Vera Cruz to the table-land of Perote ; and the inferior limit of oaks warns the colonist who inhabits the central table-land how far he... | |
| Josiah Conder - 1830 - 380 էջ
...admirable order in which the different vegetable tribes rise one above another, as it were by strata, is no where more perceptible than in ascending from...the port of Vera Cruz to the table-land of Perote. The features of the country, the aspect of the sky, the forms of plants, the figures of animals, the... | |
| James Bell - 1831 - 778 էջ
...comprehended a great diversity of climate. The features of the country, the aspect of the sky, the forms of plants, the figures of animals, the manners of the inhabitants, and the kind of cultivation, assume a different character at ever stage of our progrese. " As we ascend, nature gradually appears... | |
| Alexander von Humboldt, William MacGillivray - 1832 - 436 էջ
...to those elevated summits which are visited with perennial frost. In ascending, the traveller sees the physiognomy of the country, the aspect of the sky, the form of the plants, the figures of animals, the manners of the inhabitants and the kind of cultivation followed... | |
| Josiah Conder - 1834 - 740 էջ
...to extraordinary dimensions, to the stunted foliage of the resinous trees ; the aspect of the sky, the figures of animals, the manners of the inhabitants, and the kind of cultivation, undergoing a corresponding change at every stage. The tierna fría» (cold countries) comprehend the... | |
| Josiah Conder - 1834 - 748 էջ
...to extraordinary dimensions, to the stunted foliage of the resinous trees ; the aspect of the sky, the figures of animals, the manners of the inhabitants, and the kind of cultivation, undergoing a corresponding change at every stage. The tiara* frías (cold countries) comprehend the... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - 1838 - 480 էջ
...suffocating heat prevails. The admirable order with which different tribes of vegetables rise above one another by strata, as it were, is no where more...ascending from the port of Vera Cruz to the table-land ol Perote. We see there the physiognomy of the country, the bspectot the sky, the forms of plants,"... | |
| Jesse Buel - 1840 - 342 էջ
...with which different tribes of vegetables rise one above another, by strata as it were, is nowhere more perceptible than in ascending from the port of Vera Cruz to thu table-land of Perote. We see there the physiognomy of the country, the aspect of the sky, the form... | |
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