Letters on South America: Comprising Travels on the Banks of the Paraná and Rio de la Plata, Volume 2J. Murray, 1843 |
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... Paraná . We were laden to the river's edge : scarcely a plank of the vessel was to be seen above it , and we looked like the floating roof of a house , or rather like a stack of hay with masts and sails , swept ... PARANA . 39 We had a fine.
... Paraná . We were laden to the river's edge : scarcely a plank of the vessel was to be seen above it , and we looked like the floating roof of a house , or rather like a stack of hay with masts and sails , swept ... PARANA . 39 We had a fine.
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... PARANA . 39 We had a fine passage , being favoured all the way with a north wind , which is the best , and , indeed , the only good one for descending the Paraná . But this wind , while it augments the rapidity of the current , causes a ...
... PARANA . 39 We had a fine passage , being favoured all the way with a north wind , which is the best , and , indeed , the only good one for descending the Paraná . But this wind , while it augments the rapidity of the current , causes a ...
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... Paraná de las Palmas , although wide , is only navigable by small vessels , and the other branches , which flow into the River Plate between the Paraná Guasú and the Paraná de las Palmas , are intricate and dangerous in the extreme ...
... Paraná de las Palmas , although wide , is only navigable by small vessels , and the other branches , which flow into the River Plate between the Paraná Guasú and the Paraná de las Palmas , are intricate and dangerous in the extreme ...
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Página 81 - Coleccion de Arengas en el foro y Escritos del Dr. Don Mariano Moreno.
Página 263 - Clay, of the house of representatives of the United States, by stating that, " The Republic of the United Provinces of South America comprehends, with some exceptions, the same territory as the viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata, which was established in 1778 ; it extends from the 16th to the 45th degree of south latitude, [nearly ten degrees north of Magellan's Strait,] from the left margin of the Lake Titicaca on the north, to the coast of Patagonia on the south.
Página 264 - Peru comprehends the provinces of Potosi, Charcas or La Plata, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra or Puno, Moxos, and Chiquitos ; and the...
Página 291 - Ayres than the carts and carters. The former are vehicles with large wooden axles, and most enormous wheels, so high that the spokes are about eight feet in diameter, towering above both horses and driver ; he rides one of the animals.
Página 291 - The first sight you have of these clumsy vehicles is on your landing. They drive off like so many bathing-machines to your hotel, a dozen carters, just like a dozen porters here, struggling in rude contention for the preference in carrying ashore passengers and their luggage.
Página 264 - ... America, comprehends, with some exceptions, the same territory as the viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata, which was established in 1778. It extends from the 16th to the 45th degree of south latitude; from the left margin of the lake Titicaca, which lies between the two cordilleras of Peru, on the north, and to the coast of Patagonia on the south.
Página 251 - Talibus orabat dictis, arasque tenebat, cum sic orsa loqui vates : ' Sate sanguine divom, 125 Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno ; noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis ; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est.