Notes of a Naturalist in South AmericaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 416 стор. |
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John Ball. the most vividly impressed on my memory was a rough illustration in a child's book , given to me on my seventh birthday , representing Vasco Nuñez , as , from the summit of the ridge of Darien , he , first of all western men ...
John Ball. the most vividly impressed on my memory was a rough illustration in a child's book , given to me on my seventh birthday , representing Vasco Nuñez , as , from the summit of the ridge of Darien , he , first of all western men ...
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... illustrated only in the war between Chili and Peru . It does not seem as if the importance of the lesson had been yet fully appre- ciated by those responsible for the naval administra- tion of the great European powers . For the ...
... illustrated only in the war between Chili and Peru . It does not seem as if the importance of the lesson had been yet fully appre- ciated by those responsible for the naval administra- tion of the great European powers . For the ...
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... illustration of the effects of the sea - breeze on vegetation even at a distance of thirty or forty miles from the coast . As we descended , I observed that the acacias which abound in the middle zone of the valley were densely covered ...
... illustration of the effects of the sea - breeze on vegetation even at a distance of thirty or forty miles from the coast . As we descended , I observed that the acacias which abound in the middle zone of the valley were densely covered ...
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... illustration of the utterly untrustworthy character of statements made by unscientific travellers to read the following passage in a book published by a recent traveller in South America , who visited Chicla in November , the beginning ...
... illustration of the utterly untrustworthy character of statements made by unscientific travellers to read the following passage in a book published by a recent traveller in South America , who visited Chicla in November , the beginning ...
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... the structure of which plant and its allies was long ago admirably illustrated by Sir Joseph Hooker . * * " Flora Antarctica , " vol . ii . p . 289 . THE GOVERNOR'S FAMILY . 257 The evening of this day 256 NOTES OF A NATURALIST .
... the structure of which plant and its allies was long ago admirably illustrated by Sir Joseph Hooker . * * " Flora Antarctica , " vol . ii . p . 289 . THE GOVERNOR'S FAMILY . 257 The evening of this day 256 NOTES OF A NATURALIST .
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Aconcagua Adelaide Island appearance ascending botanist Brazil Buenos Ayres Callao Cape Froward Cauquenes Central Chili channel Chicla Chilian climate coast continent Cordillera Demy 8vo distance English Europe European excursion Fahr Fcap feet in height flowers forest hills hundred feet inches interest Iquique island land latitude Lima mean temperature metres miles Mollendo morning mountain native naturalist nearly night northern numerous observations Pacific passed passengers Patagonia peaks Peru Peruvian plants Punta Arenas railway rain rainfall range reached region remarkable river rocks Santiago scarcely sea-level season Second Edition seemed seen ship shore shrubs side slight slopes Small crown 8vo snow South America southern hemisphere species station steamer Straits of Magellan stream summit surface thermometer thousand feet tion town travellers trees tropical Uruguay Uspallata Pass valley Valparaiso vegetation voyage weather Wellington Island western zone
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