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Aspects of nature, in different lands and different climates (Vol. 2 of 2) with scientific elucidations

Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859; Sabine, Elizabeth Juliana, 1807-1879 [Translator]· 2 chapters· 1,136 words

Orinoco, i. 207; magnitude of the river compared with that of the rivers Plate and Amazons, 211; its sources yet unvisited, 213; general description of its course, 214; “black waters” of the Upper Orinoco, 215; cataracts of Atures and Maypures, 217; discussion of questions con...

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1. i. 85;

Orinoco, i. 207; magnitude of the river compared with that of the rivers Plate and Amazons, 211; its sources yet unvisited, 213; general description of its course, 214; “black w...

2. i. 129;

Urwald, or primeval forest, a name too lightly used, i. 261; true character of a primeval forest, 262; description of the nocturnal life of wild animals in the Urwald, 266.