The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 3
... dense and tangled forests . Noble trees of unrivalled beauty blossom in endless prodigality . Birds of gorgeous plumage nestle in their lofty recesses . Tall ferns , vines , creeping plants and parasites form a dense tangle of ...
... dense and tangled forests . Noble trees of unrivalled beauty blossom in endless prodigality . Birds of gorgeous plumage nestle in their lofty recesses . Tall ferns , vines , creeping plants and parasites form a dense tangle of ...
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... dense foliage forms dark , lofty vaults which the sunlight never penetrates , and over all hangs a perpetual mist . The abundance and beauty of vegetation increases , and the trees which at the mouth of the river blossom only once a ...
... dense foliage forms dark , lofty vaults which the sunlight never penetrates , and over all hangs a perpetual mist . The abundance and beauty of vegetation increases , and the trees which at the mouth of the river blossom only once a ...
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... 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 extends ...
... 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 extends ...
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... dense , darker and more impen- etrable than those described by Stanley , for the valley of the Amazon is richer than the valley of the Congo . Natives armed with poisoned arrows opposed their progress ; food became scarce , treachery ...
... dense , darker and more impen- etrable than those described by Stanley , for the valley of the Amazon is richer than the valley of the Congo . Natives armed with poisoned arrows opposed their progress ; food became scarce , treachery ...
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... dense that the country back of the river - banks is impenetrable , and even if roads should be opened the soil is so luxuriant that they would be quickly overgrown and soon become impassable . Lines of steamers have been subsidized by ...
... dense that the country back of the river - banks is impenetrable , and even if roads should be opened the soil is so luxuriant that they would be quickly overgrown and soon become impassable . Lines of steamers have been subsidized by ...
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