Works, Volume 51Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 37
... gold and other objects after their custom ; and when our people inquired where it was they found this metal , a river was pointed out to them running into that of the Amazonas , wherein gold could be obtained by washing , coming from ...
... gold and other objects after their custom ; and when our people inquired where it was they found this metal , a river was pointed out to them running into that of the Amazonas , wherein gold could be obtained by washing , coming from ...
Page 38
... gold , and Barreto tells us that the natives reported that this gold was found up an affluent of the Amazon , pointed out by the natives ; and that Teixeira , though refusing to delay his journey to Quito , promised to explore this ...
... gold , and Barreto tells us that the natives reported that this gold was found up an affluent of the Amazon , pointed out by the natives ; and that Teixeira , though refusing to delay his journey to Quito , promised to explore this ...
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... gold , vermilion , yuca graters .... They do not extract the gold them- selves , but proceed along the river Jurubetts and enter the Yquiari , where they trade for it , and this is the most celebrated river for gold among these heathens ...
... gold , vermilion , yuca graters .... They do not extract the gold them- selves , but proceed along the river Jurubetts and enter the Yquiari , where they trade for it , and this is the most celebrated river for gold among these heathens ...
Contents
A brief account is given of what happened | 17 |
FATHER SAMUEL FRITZA SHORT BIOGRAPHY | 24 |
THE ACT OF POSSESSION OF PEDRO TEIXEIRA IN 1639 3239 | 32 |
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