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Page xlvii
... round the north and west coast of the peninsula is very shallow , the 100 fathom line being in some parts as much as ninety miles distant from the shore . The wet season in Mexico and Central America may ( subject to local variations ) ...
... round the north and west coast of the peninsula is very shallow , the 100 fathom line being in some parts as much as ninety miles distant from the shore . The wet season in Mexico and Central America may ( subject to local variations ) ...
Page 154
... rounds ; we will accompany Cortés who is just now going the rounds . " When I was a little distance from the hut they said to me : " Look to it , sir , that you keep secret for . a time what we wish to tell you , for it is a matter of ...
... rounds ; we will accompany Cortés who is just now going the rounds . " When I was a little distance from the hut they said to me : " Look to it , sir , that you keep secret for . a time what we wish to tell you , for it is a matter of ...
Page 233
... round was thickly peopled , and they even have some houses underground like caves in which many of the Indians live . The place where this battle took place is called Tehua- cingo or Tehuacacingo and it was fought on the 2nd day of the ...
... round was thickly peopled , and they even have some houses underground like caves in which many of the Indians live . The place where this battle took place is called Tehua- cingo or Tehuacacingo and it was fought on the 2nd day of the ...
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