The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... hundred and fifty years ago , Gonzalo Pizarro , then governor of 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 ...
... hundred and fifty years ago , Gonzalo Pizarro , then governor of 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 ...
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... hundred and fifty cavaliers only eighty were left . Such was the end of an expedition which for dangers and hardships , length of duration , and constancy displayed is proba- bly unmatched in the annals of American discovery . GUIANA ...
... hundred and fifty cavaliers only eighty were left . Such was the end of an expedition which for dangers and hardships , length of duration , and constancy displayed is proba- bly unmatched in the annals of American discovery . GUIANA ...
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... hundred miles , until hunger and sickness compelled him to return . Although he did not reach the golden city , he could see the mountains far in the distance which he believed surrounded it , and he found the shin- ing sand on the ...
... hundred miles , until hunger and sickness compelled him to return . Although he did not reach the golden city , he could see the mountains far in the distance which he believed surrounded it , and he found the shin- ing sand on the ...
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... hundred years prior to the settlement of the Anglo - Saxon ; yet to - day they con- stitute but a thin layer over a scarcely populated country . Their leaders were men of unbounded ambition , rapacious , of great endurance , but cruel ...
... hundred years prior to the settlement of the Anglo - Saxon ; yet to - day they con- stitute but a thin layer over a scarcely populated country . Their leaders were men of unbounded ambition , rapacious , of great endurance , but cruel ...
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... hundred miles wide . Beyond the first zone a few Spanish fami- lies and foreigners are found at the gold and silver mines , on the pampas , at the cattle ranches , and on a few haciendas in Peru and Chili . In Brazil the Portuguese and ...
... hundred miles wide . Beyond the first zone a few Spanish fami- lies and foreigners are found at the gold and silver mines , on the pampas , at the cattle ranches , and on a few haciendas in Peru and Chili . In Brazil the Portuguese and ...
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