Notes of a Naturalist in South AmericaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 416 pagini |
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Pagina xi
... river Guayas - Payta — The rainless zone of Peru - Voyage to Callao PAGE I CHAPTER II . Arrival at Callao - Quarantine - The war between Chili and Peru- Aspect of Lima - General Lynch - Andean railway to Chicla- Valley of the Rimac ...
... river Guayas - Payta — The rainless zone of Peru - Voyage to Callao PAGE I CHAPTER II . Arrival at Callao - Quarantine - The war between Chili and Peru- Aspect of Lima - General Lynch - Andean railway to Chicla- Valley of the Rimac ...
Pagina xii
... River steamer - Excursion to Paisandu - Voyage on the Uru- guay - Use of the telephone - Excursion to the camp - Aspect of the flora - Arrival at Buenos Ayres - Industrial Exhibition-- Argentine forests — The cathedral of Buenos Ayres ...
... River steamer - Excursion to Paisandu - Voyage on the Uru- guay - Use of the telephone - Excursion to the camp - Aspect of the flora - Arrival at Buenos Ayres - Industrial Exhibition-- Argentine forests — The cathedral of Buenos Ayres ...
Pagina 1
... river Guayas - Payta - The rainless zone of Peru- Voyage to Callao . A VOYAGE across the Atlantic in a large ocean steamer is now as familiar and as little troublesome as the journey from London to Paris . It rarely offers any incident ...
... river Guayas - Payta - The rainless zone of Peru- Voyage to Callao . A VOYAGE across the Atlantic in a large ocean steamer is now as familiar and as little troublesome as the journey from London to Paris . It rarely offers any incident ...
Pagina 22
... river , which reaches the sea close to Colon , has been selected . I am not aware whether it is proposed to divert the course of that stream from the channel of the canal , PANAMA SHIP CANAL . 23 but , to judge from 22 NOTES OF A ...
... river , which reaches the sea close to Colon , has been selected . I am not aware whether it is proposed to divert the course of that stream from the channel of the canal , PANAMA SHIP CANAL . 23 but , to judge from 22 NOTES OF A ...
Pagina 38
... river Guayas . Although it drains but a small district , this has a deep channel , as wide as the Thames at Gravesend , making the town of Guayaquil , which is about thirty miles from its mouth , the natural port for Western Equatorial ...
... river Guayas . Although it drains but a small district , this has a deep channel , as wide as the Thames at Gravesend , making the town of Guayaquil , which is about thirty miles from its mouth , the natural port for Western Equatorial ...
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