Spanish America: Or A Descriptive, Historical, and Geographical Account of the Dominions of Spain in the Western Hemisphere, Continental and Insular; Illustrated by a Map of Spanish North America, and the West-India Islands; a Map of Spanish South America, and an Engraving, Representing the Comparative Altitudes of the Mountains in Those Regions, Τόμος 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818 - 336 σελίδες |
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Spanish America: Or A Descriptive, Historical, and Geographical ..., Τόμος 2 Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle Προβολή αποσπασμάτων - 1818 |
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Almagro America Araucanians Arequipa banks Barcelona beautiful bounded Buenos Ayres built cacao capital Caraccas cattle chain chief town chiefly Chili Chiloe church climate coast commerce Concepcion contains Copiapo Coquimbo Cordillera Cumana Cuzco district district of Peru east European exported extends feet fertile Florida fruits gold governor grain Granada Guamanga Guatimala Guayra Guiana harbour immense Inca Indians island isle Jesuits Juan La Guayra La Plata lake land Lima Manco Capac Maracaybo Maranon Mexico miles mountains mouth mules natives navigable north-west number of inhabitants Orinoco Pacific Panama Paraguay Paria Peru Peruvians Pizarro plains Plata population port Portuguese Potosi produce province Quillota Quito river royal salt Santiago scite settlements shore situated south latitude south-east south-west Spain Spaniards Spanish streams toqui town of Peru trade tribes troops Truxillo Tucuman Valdivia valley Venezuela vessels viceroy village vinces volcano vols voyage west longitude
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Σελίδα 174 - Hualca, an Indian peasant, when pursuing wild goats. Arriving at a steep place he laid hold of a small shrub to prevent himself from falling ; but the shrub, being unable to support his weight, was torn up by the roots, and disclosed to...
Σελίδα 34 - In this the adults of each sex work one hour in the morning, and one in the evening. In the missions nearest the coast, the garden of the community is generally a sugar or indigo plantation, under the direction of the missionary; and the produce of which, were the law strictly observed, can be employed only for the support of the church, and the purchase of the sacerdotal ornaments. The great square...
Σελίδα 16 - When the Spaniards first landed in this country, they observed several villages built in the lake, which is the mode adopted by the Indians at present, considering this plan as the healthiest. The appearance of one of these little towns amid the waters, caused the Spanish adventurers to name it Little Venice, or Venezuela, which title was afterwards transferred to
Σελίδα 33 - American fig-tree* nourishes, we should cover a vast extent of ground. By this singular assemblage, the forests, as well as the flanks of the rocks and mountains, enlarge the domains of organic nature. The same * Ficus gigutea. 36 lianas as creep on the ground, reach the tops of the trees, and pass from one to another at the height of more than a hundred feet.
Σελίδα 105 - Their habitations are miserable hovels, destitute of every convenience or accommodation, and disgustingly filthy. Their dress is poor and mean, and their food coarse and scanty. Their religion is still tainted with the superstition of their forefathers, but they are great observers of the external rites and ceremonies of the Church, and spend large sums of money in masses and processions : a species of profusion...
Σελίδα 11 - On the banks of the Orinoco the magnificence of the scenery is beyond description. Forests of the greatest extent are filled with aromatic trees, which diffuse the most delightful odor; birds of the most various and beautiful plumage abound, and hordes of monkeys follow the astonished traveller. Passing these forests, enormous plains extend their verdant surfaces...
Σελίδα 112 - Americans, his arrival in his kingdom, ordering them to lay down their arms, and promising promising oblivion of the past; to enforce this mandate, he also sent General Morillo from Cadiz with a well equipped army of .' 10,000 men. This army landed on the coast of Caraccas in April, 1815; but the insurgents not paying attention to his Majesty's commands, the general immediately commenced active measures. From Campano, where he landed, he proceeded to Margarita, from thence to Caraccas, and in the...
Σελίδα 209 - Spaniards, though it is occasionally traversed by both ; in these trackless deserts, there are no land-marks or traces by which the road can be discovered, for many hundred miles : the route, therefore, is pursued by the compass. From Buenos Ayres, the great road to Potosi and Lima passes through Tucuman. In 1748, regular stages were built all the way, post-houses were erected, and relays of horses and carriages provided. The method of travelling is in covered waggons, drawn by .oxen or horses. In...
Σελίδα 45 - During this period, the plains nearest the rivers are converted into lakes of immense extent. The LAKES, properly so called, of Venezuela are not numerous, for we can hardly give that appellation to the sheets of water produced by the periodical swell of the Orinoco, or by the rains, and which are generally without any depth. The Lake of Valencia has been already described. The RIVERS of Venezuela are more numerous than in any other part of Spanish America. Every valley has its stream ; and though...