The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... streams that rise in this sierra either empty into salt or alkaline lakes or sink into the ground . Unlike all other long ... stream of fire , water , mud and ashes , and some assert that it has done so without intermission for 300 years ...
... streams that rise in this sierra either empty into salt or alkaline lakes or sink into the ground . Unlike all other long ... stream of fire , water , mud and ashes , and some assert that it has done so without intermission for 300 years ...
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... streams , and these the waters of the Amazon . As the sun crosses the equator and moves to the north the rain follows its course , and the branches that have their source in the east and northeast add their flood to the waters of the ...
... streams , and these the waters of the Amazon . As the sun crosses the equator and moves to the north the rain follows its course , and the branches that have their source in the east and northeast add their flood to the waters of the ...
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... streams in the plain south of the valley of the La Plata rise in the Andes and flow southeastward to the Atlantic . THE ABORIGINES . The aborigines of America , except the Esquimaux , are unlike the natives of other countries ; the most ...
... streams in the plain south of the valley of the La Plata rise in the Andes and flow southeastward to the Atlantic . THE ABORIGINES . The aborigines of America , except the Esquimaux , are unlike the natives of other countries ; the most ...
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... Upper Peru , heard of a land of silver and gold , spices and precious stones ; a land where spring reigned and all tropical fruits abounded . He determined to follow the little stream which , rising in the Andes , near Quito.
... Upper Peru , heard of a land of silver and gold , spices and precious stones ; a land where spring reigned and all tropical fruits abounded . He determined to follow the little stream which , rising in the Andes , near Quito.
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stream which , rising in the Andes , near Quito , flowed eastward ; to explore the country , and find the happy land . He set out with 350 Cavaliers , mounted on Spanish horses and attended by 4000 Indian slaves . The first part of the ...
stream which , rising in the Andes , near Quito , flowed eastward ; to explore the country , and find the happy land . He set out with 350 Cavaliers , mounted on Spanish horses and attended by 4000 Indian slaves . The first part of the ...
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