Museum Americanum, Or, Select Antiquities, Curiosities, Beauties, and Varieties, of Nature and Art, in AmericaG. & W.B. Whittaker, W. Baynes and Son, and T. Blanshard, 1823 - 346 Seiten |
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... Quito was next taken . In 1535 , Pizarro founded the city of Lima , and employed himself in establishing a form of government . While thus employed , a new enemy started up , -the ambitious Almagro ; who , in a decisive battle fought ...
... Quito was next taken . In 1535 , Pizarro founded the city of Lima , and employed himself in establishing a form of government . While thus employed , a new enemy started up , -the ambitious Almagro ; who , in a decisive battle fought ...
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... QUITO . NEW GRANADA . ( Morse's Gazetteer . ) THE volcanic mountain of Pichincha is the basis on which this celebrated city rests . The streets , except the four principal ones , are very irregular , owing to the inequalities of the ...
... QUITO . NEW GRANADA . ( Morse's Gazetteer . ) THE volcanic mountain of Pichincha is the basis on which this celebrated city rests . The streets , except the four principal ones , are very irregular , owing to the inequalities of the ...
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... Quito is so happily situated , that neither the heat nor cold are troublesome , though the extremes of both may be felt in the neighbourhood . This equality is constant through- out the whole year , the difference between the seasons ...
... Quito is so happily situated , that neither the heat nor cold are troublesome , though the extremes of both may be felt in the neighbourhood . This equality is constant through- out the whole year , the difference between the seasons ...
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... Quito . Its absolute height is 18,880 feet ; and it consequently is about two thousand six hundred feet higher than Mount Vesuvius would be if it were placed on the top of the Peak of Teneriffe . Cotopaxi is the most dreadful volcano in ...
... Quito . Its absolute height is 18,880 feet ; and it consequently is about two thousand six hundred feet higher than Mount Vesuvius would be if it were placed on the top of the Peak of Teneriffe . Cotopaxi is the most dreadful volcano in ...
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Charles Hulbert. volcano in the kingdom of Quito , and its explosions are frequent and disastrous . The mass of scorio ... Quito . This was preceded , as before , by the sud- den melting of the snows that covered the mountain . COTOPAXI ...
Charles Hulbert. volcano in the kingdom of Quito , and its explosions are frequent and disastrous . The mass of scorio ... Quito . This was preceded , as before , by the sud- den melting of the snows that covered the mountain . COTOPAXI ...
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