The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 3
... becomes the equatorial current . On reaching the coast of South America near Cape St. Roque , it is again deflected north and south . Trade winds blowing over the equatorial current reach the coast at Brazil surcharged with vapor ; as ...
... becomes the equatorial current . On reaching the coast of South America near Cape St. Roque , it is again deflected north and south . Trade winds blowing over the equatorial current reach the coast at Brazil surcharged with vapor ; as ...
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... becomes a net - work of navigable waters , with islands and channels and lakes innumerable , forming a great inland sea , which the Brazilians call the Mediterranean of America . The upland , though only a little above the flood - plain ...
... becomes a net - work of navigable waters , with islands and channels and lakes innumerable , forming a great inland sea , which the Brazilians call the Mediterranean of America . The upland , though only a little above the flood - plain ...
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... becoming densely inhabited . On the Pacific coast south of Ecuador , the rainfall becomes less and less . For three thousand miles along the coast of Peru and Chili there is no natural harbor ; a plain from ten to fifty miles in width ...
... becoming densely inhabited . On the Pacific coast south of Ecuador , the rainfall becomes less and less . For three thousand miles along the coast of Peru and Chili there is no natural harbor ; a plain from ten to fifty miles in width ...
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... become amazons and warriors . Orellano was received by the Queen ; his treachery was for- gotten and a new expedition was sent out under his command ; but he died before reaching the river . Meantime , Pizarro and his followers slowly ...
... become amazons and warriors . Orellano was received by the Queen ; his treachery was for- gotten and a new expedition was sent out under his command ; but he died before reaching the river . Meantime , Pizarro and his followers slowly ...
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... become permanently identified with the country ; they will then take an active interest in politics and direct the policy and administration of the gov- ernment . Commercial and banking business is in the hands of the French , Germans ...
... become permanently identified with the country ; they will then take an active interest in politics and direct the policy and administration of the gov- ernment . Commercial and banking business is in the hands of the French , Germans ...
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