The Great Antilles. Porto Rico. Guam. HawaiiJ. C. Winston Company, 1906 |
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... greater number are constructed with eighteen banks of oars , and with these they cross to the other islands , which are of countless number , to carry on traffic with the people . I saw some of these canoes that held as many as seventy ...
... greater number are constructed with eighteen banks of oars , and with these they cross to the other islands , which are of countless number , to carry on traffic with the people . I saw some of these canoes that held as many as seventy ...
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... greater than they could meet . They had been accustomed to raise just sufficient to satisfy their own moderate wants , and to supply the extravagant appetites of a thousand Spaniards meant famine to themselves . As Las Casas said , One ...
... greater than they could meet . They had been accustomed to raise just sufficient to satisfy their own moderate wants , and to supply the extravagant appetites of a thousand Spaniards meant famine to themselves . As Las Casas said , One ...
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... to it . Whilst the Great Antilles form a geographic unit , no similar area in the world presents a greater di- versity of conditions . Each island flies a different flag ; each has a markedly distinct configuration and geological 3.
... to it . Whilst the Great Antilles form a geographic unit , no similar area in the world presents a greater di- versity of conditions . Each island flies a different flag ; each has a markedly distinct configuration and geological 3.
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... greater , but their true altitudes are usually overstated by nearly one - half , for they rise from a plain which has already attained an altitude of five thousand to seven thousand feet , while the Antillean ranges rise straight from ...
... greater , but their true altitudes are usually overstated by nearly one - half , for they rise from a plain which has already attained an altitude of five thousand to seven thousand feet , while the Antillean ranges rise straight from ...
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... greater part of the area is intersected by a network of streams . Many of the rivers are very beautiful and three or four of them are of great length and volume . In only a few instances are they navigable , and that for but a short ...
... greater part of the area is intersected by a network of streams . Many of the rivers are very beautiful and three or four of them are of great length and volume . In only a few instances are they navigable , and that for but a short ...
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