Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon: Made Under Direction of the Navy Department, 第 1 卷Robert Armstrong, Public Printer, 1853 |
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第 7 頁
... province of “ Carabaya , ” of the ore and washings of gold . In consequence , the government of Peru invites all who desire it to take advantage , and make use of the natural productions of these regions , where emigrants of all nations ...
... province of “ Carabaya , ” of the ore and washings of gold . In consequence , the government of Peru invites all who desire it to take advantage , and make use of the natural productions of these regions , where emigrants of all nations ...
第 9 頁
... provincial government of the French republic . The reply of this wise astronomer , of April 14th , to my note of the 22d April preceding , smothered , not only my hopes , but closed the doors to the prosperity of the French colonies ...
... provincial government of the French republic . The reply of this wise astronomer , of April 14th , to my note of the 22d April preceding , smothered , not only my hopes , but closed the doors to the prosperity of the French colonies ...
第 19 頁
... province of Mainas , under the direction of the Viceroy Don Francisco de Borja , prince of Esquilache . This village is situated on the left bank of the Marañon , not far below where it breaks its way through the last chain of hills ...
... province of Mainas , under the direction of the Viceroy Don Francisco de Borja , prince of Esquilache . This village is situated on the left bank of the Marañon , not far below where it breaks its way through the last chain of hills ...
第 24 頁
... is left to your discretion . Whether you will descend the Ucayali , or the Huallaga , or any other of the Peruvian tributaries , or whether you will cross over into Bolivia , and , passing through the province of Yongas 24 INTRODUCTORY .
... is left to your discretion . Whether you will descend the Ucayali , or the Huallaga , or any other of the Peruvian tributaries , or whether you will cross over into Bolivia , and , passing through the province of Yongas 24 INTRODUCTORY .
第 25 頁
... province of Yongas , embark on the Mamoré or Ytenes , or whether you will try the Beni or any other route to the Madeira , and thence to the Amazon , the state of the information which you have collected , under a former order , will ...
... province of Yongas , embark on the Mamoré or Ytenes , or whether you will try the Beni or any other route to the Madeira , and thence to the Amazon , the state of the information which you have collected , under a former order , will ...
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Amazon arrived arrobas ascend Barra beach boat Brazil Brazilian called Calm canoe carried Castelnau Cerro Pasco Chanchamayo Chasuta cirro-cumulus clouds cirrus clouds clear Conibos Cordillera cotton cultivation cumulus clouds Cuzco distance Egas eight Father feet five forest four Gibbon give governor hacienda half cents half-past heavy hills hour Huallaga Huallaga River Huanuco hundred and fifty Ijurra Indians inhabitants island labor lake land Light air Light breeze Lima miles Moderate breeze Montaña mountains mouth Moyobamba mules Mundrucus musquitoes Nauta navigation nearly Negro night Noon padre Pará passed Peru Peruvian port pounds province Purus rain right bank river road rock Santarem Sarayacu sarsaparilla savages seemed Shapaja shore squall of wind stratus clouds stream Tabatinga Tapajos Tarapoto Tarma thousand dollars Ticunas Tingo Maria told town traveller trees tributaries twenty twenty-five Ucayali valley village woods yards
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第 371 頁 - The castled Crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine ; And hills all rich with blossomed trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scattered cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strewed a scene, which I should see With double joy wert thou with me.
第 349 頁 - ... the storm by which they are overtaken. They are driven back by the Indians into the middle of the water; but a small number succeed in eluding the active vigilance of the fishermen. These regain the shore, stumbling at every step, and stretch themselves on the sand, exhausted with fatigue, and their limbs benumbed by the electric shocks of the gymnoti.
第 281 頁 - ... a navigable canal between two basins of rivers, which have a surface of one hundred and ninety thousand square leagues. The grain of New Grenada will be carried to the banks of the Rio Negro ; boats will descend from the sources of the Napo and the...
第 366 頁 - ... grant any favor, privilege, or immunity whatever, in matters of commerce and navigation, to other nations, which shall not be also immediately extended to the citizens of the other contracting party, who shall enjoy the same, gratuitously, if the concession shall have been gratuitous, or on giving a compensation as nearly as possible of proportionate value and effect, to be adjusted by mutual agreement, if the concession shall have been conditional.
第 366 頁 - ... shall have been gratuitous, or in return for a compensation, as nearly as possible, of proportionate value and effect, to be adjusted by mutual agreement if the concession shall have been conditional.
第 348 頁 - To catch the gymnoti with nets is very difficult, on account of the extreme agility of the fish, which bury themselves in the mud like serpents.
第 239 頁 - Knight Pensioner of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles the Third, Member of the Supreme Assembly of the said Royal Order; of the Council of His Catholic Majesty; his Secretary, with Exercise of Decrees, and His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near the United States of America.
第 366 頁 - The two high-contracting parties hereby bind and engage themselves not to grant any favor, privilege, or immunity whatever, in matters of commerce and navigation, to other nations, which shall not be also immediately extended to the citizens of the other contracting party, who shall enjoy the same gratuitously, or on giving a compensation as nearly as possible of proportionate value and effect, to be adjusted by mutual agreement, if the concession shall have been conditional...
第 348 頁 - We found it difficult to form an idea of this extraordinary manner of fishing; but we soon saw our guides return, from the Savannah, which they had been scouring for wild horses and mules. They brought about thirty with them, which they forced to enter the pool. " The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs makes the fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat.
第 62 頁 - Morococha, and as it floated along I followed it, in imagination, down through the luxurious climes, the beautiful skies, and enchanting scenery of the tropics, to the mouth of the great river; thence across the Caribbean sea, through the Yucatan pass, into the Gulf of Mexico; thence...