Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, Volym 2Harper & Brothers, 1841 |
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... mountains , and by the side of rivers , these memorials stared me in the face . I noticed one in a cleared place by the roadside , painted black , with a black board sus- pended to it , containing an inscription in faded white letters ...
... mountains , and by the side of rivers , these memorials stared me in the face . I noticed one in a cleared place by the roadside , painted black , with a black board sus- pended to it , containing an inscription in faded white letters ...
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... mountains , forming part of the great chain of the Cordilleras . Before us , at a great distance , rising above the level of the plain , we saw the spires of the Cathedral of Leon . This magnificent plain , in rich- ness of soil not ...
... mountains , forming part of the great chain of the Cordilleras . Before us , at a great distance , rising above the level of the plain , we saw the spires of the Cathedral of Leon . This magnificent plain , in rich- ness of soil not ...
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... mountain range , with another ridge running below it , and then an extensive plain covered with lava to the sea . The wind headed us , and in order to weath- er the point of headland from which we could lay our course , the boatmen got ...
... mountain range , with another ridge running below it , and then an extensive plain covered with lava to the sea . The wind headed us , and in order to weath- er the point of headland from which we could lay our course , the boatmen got ...
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... mountain and field of lava ran down to the sea ; a forest old as creation had entirely disappear- ed , and two islands were formed in the sea ; shoals were discovered , in one of which a large tree was fixed upside down ; one river was ...
... mountain and field of lava ran down to the sea ; a forest old as creation had entirely disappear- ed , and two islands were formed in the sea ; shoals were discovered , in one of which a large tree was fixed upside down ; one river was ...
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... mountain , he told me that he had been offered a lieu- tenant - colonel's commission , and was then on his way to join Morazan in his march against Guatimala . His ship was advertised for sale , he had written an account of his ...
... mountain , he told me that he had been offered a lieu- tenant - colonel's commission , and was then on his way to join Morazan in his march against Guatimala . His ship was advertised for sale , he had written an account of his ...
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Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, Volym 2 John L. Stephens Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1841 |
Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, Volym 2 John Lloyd Stephens Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1848 |
Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, Volym 2 John L. Stephens Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1871 |
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