The Andes and the Amazon: Or, Across the Continent of South AmericaHarper, 1875 - 645 páginas |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Andes and the Amazon: Or, Across the Continent of South America James Orton Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
The Andes and the Amazon; Or, Across the Continent of South America James Orton Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
Términos y frases comunes
altitude Amazon Amazonian Antisana Archidona Arequipa arroba ascend banks bark Bates beautiful Bolivia Brazil Brazilian cacao called canoe cents Chimborazo climate coast Coca coffee color contains Cordillera Cotopaxi cotton crater Cuzco deep earthquake Ecuador Ecuadorian eight exported feet high fifty fish five forest four fruit grows Guayaquil half Herndon Huallága Humboldt hundred feet hundred miles Incas inches Indians lake leaves Lima lofty Lower Amazons Madeira Manáos Marañon mountains mouth Moyobamba Napo natives navigation nearly Pacific palm Papallacta Pará Pebas Peru Peruvian Pichincha Plaza pounds Quichua Quito Quitonians region Rio Negro Riobamba rise river road rocks rubber Santa Santarem sarsaparilla says season seen side slope Solimoens South America Spanish species steamers stream summit Tabatinga Tapajos temperature thousand feet tion trachyte traveler trees tribes tributaries tropical turtles twenty Ucayali vegetation village volcano wild wood yellow
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