Works, Volume 80Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... leagues , reaching a point where all the land seemed like marshes ' . This description might well be applied to the islands and low - lying land around the estuary of the river later known as the Rio Grande . He also records that some ...
... leagues , reaching a point where all the land seemed like marshes ' . This description might well be applied to the islands and low - lying land around the estuary of the river later known as the Rio Grande . He also records that some ...
Page 108
... leagues of coast farther on , so that at the end of the lease five hundred leagues should be discovered , beginning from Serra Leoa , where Pero de Cintra ' and Soeiro da Costa , who were the last dis- coverers before this lease ...
... leagues of coast farther on , so that at the end of the lease five hundred leagues should be discovered , beginning from Serra Leoa , where Pero de Cintra ' and Soeiro da Costa , who were the last dis- coverers before this lease ...
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... leagues only , to Tucuról . 3 Duarte Pacheco speaks of a great rock , Feleuu , 250 leagues from the mouth . These are the Felu falls , 500 miles upstream . It is probable that Barros's Burto are to be identified with these , and that ' ...
... leagues only , to Tucuról . 3 Duarte Pacheco speaks of a great rock , Feleuu , 250 leagues from the mouth . These are the Felu falls , 500 miles upstream . It is probable that Barros's Burto are to be identified with these , and that ' ...
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