The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography |
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When we reflect that these people had no beasts of burden except the llama , which could only carry light loads , and no mechanical means for transporting the vast blocks of stone used in constructing these buildings , we are astonished ...
When we reflect that these people had no beasts of burden except the llama , which could only carry light loads , and no mechanical means for transporting the vast blocks of stone used in constructing these buildings , we are astonished ...
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next station he signalled to the next chasquir , as the couriers were called , to be ready to carry forward the message . In this way , it is said , about 150 miles a day were made . These couriers traveled more quickly than the mail ...
next station he signalled to the next chasquir , as the couriers were called , to be ready to carry forward the message . In this way , it is said , about 150 miles a day were made . These couriers traveled more quickly than the mail ...
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... and the bitter conflict which was raging between them made the conquest of both easy . Pizarro had only 180 followers , but they were Spanish cavaliers , carrying fire - arms ; and with this small force he overturned the Incas and ...
... and the bitter conflict which was raging between them made the conquest of both easy . Pizarro had only 180 followers , but they were Spanish cavaliers , carrying fire - arms ; and with this small force he overturned the Incas and ...
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Gonzalo Pizarro , on his journey down the Napo in 1539 , heard wonderful stories of a golden city far away on the banks of the Orinoco , surrounded by mountains of gold . Rumors of this golden city were carried by English navigators to ...
Gonzalo Pizarro , on his journey down the Napo in 1539 , heard wonderful stories of a golden city far away on the banks of the Orinoco , surrounded by mountains of gold . Rumors of this golden city were carried by English navigators to ...
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In North America the Anglo - Saxon race has dominated , carrying civilization from the Atlantic to the Pacific , expelling and exterminating the aborigines . There has been no mingling of the Anglo - Saxon and Indian races , no backward ...
In North America the Anglo - Saxon race has dominated , carrying civilization from the Atlantic to the Pacific , expelling and exterminating the aborigines . There has been no mingling of the Anglo - Saxon and Indian races , no backward ...
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