Notes of a Naturalist in South AmericaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 416 стор. |
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... Southern Chili - Gulf of Peñas -Hale Cove - Messier's Channel - Beautiful scenery -- The English narrows - Eden harbour - Winter vegetation - Eyre Sound - Floating ice - Sarmiento Channel - Puerto Bueno- Smyth's Channel - Entrance to ...
... Southern Chili - Gulf of Peñas -Hale Cove - Messier's Channel - Beautiful scenery -- The English narrows - Eden harbour - Winter vegetation - Eyre Sound - Floating ice - Sarmiento Channel - Puerto Bueno- Smyth's Channel - Entrance to ...
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... Southern Cross and the Magellanic clouds , the reversed apparent motion of the sun from right to left - none of them very marvellous as mere observed facts — are so many keys that unlock the closed - up recesses , the blue chambers of ...
... Southern Cross and the Magellanic clouds , the reversed apparent motion of the sun from right to left - none of them very marvellous as mere observed facts — are so many keys that unlock the closed - up recesses , the blue chambers of ...
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... Southern Cross was above the horizon about nightfall , and was made out by the practised eyes of some of the officers ; but , in truth , it remains a somewhat insignificant object when seen from the northern side of the equator , and to ...
... Southern Cross was above the horizon about nightfall , and was made out by the practised eyes of some of the officers ; but , in truth , it remains a somewhat insignificant object when seen from the northern side of the equator , and to ...
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... Southern Brazil , to the upper basins of the Uruguay , the Paranà , and the Paraguay . The long period of time occupied by the gradual diffusion of this flora is shown by the large number of peculiar species , and not a few endemic ...
... Southern Brazil , to the upper basins of the Uruguay , the Paranà , and the Paraguay . The long period of time occupied by the gradual diffusion of this flora is shown by the large number of peculiar species , and not a few endemic ...
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... southern hemisphere , having crossed the line about three a.m. As the morning wore on we passed abreast of the Cabo San Lorenzo , and towards evening , keep- ing nearer to the coast , were within a few miles of Cabo Santa Elena . This ...
... southern hemisphere , having crossed the line about three a.m. As the morning wore on we passed abreast of the Cabo San Lorenzo , and towards evening , keep- ing nearer to the coast , were within a few miles of Cabo Santa Elena . This ...
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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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