Museum Americanum, Or, Select Antiquities, Curiosities, Beauties, and Varieties, of Nature and Art, in AmericaG. & W.B. Whittaker, W. Baynes and Son, and T. Blanshard, 1823 - 346 pages |
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Page 106
... COTOPAXI VOLCANO . SOUTH AMERICA . ( Chiefly from Humboldt's Journey through Peru . ) THE loftiest of all the volcanoes of the Andes , which of late years have undergone eruptions , is Cotopaxi , situated about twenty - five miles south ...
... COTOPAXI VOLCANO . SOUTH AMERICA . ( Chiefly from Humboldt's Journey through Peru . ) THE loftiest of all the volcanoes of the Andes , which of late years have undergone eruptions , is Cotopaxi , situated about twenty - five miles south ...
Page 107
... . Another eruption took place in January , 1803 , about twelve months after Baron de Humboldt was at Quito . This was preceded , as before , by the sud- den melting of the snows that covered the mountain . COTOPAXI VOLCANO . 107.
... . Another eruption took place in January , 1803 , about twelve months after Baron de Humboldt was at Quito . This was preceded , as before , by the sud- den melting of the snows that covered the mountain . COTOPAXI VOLCANO . 107.
Page 108
... Cotopaxi is the most regularly formed of all the co- lossal summits of the high Andes . It is a perfect cone , covered with an enormous layer of snow , which shines with dazzling splendour at the setting of the sun . The snow conceals ...
... Cotopaxi is the most regularly formed of all the co- lossal summits of the high Andes . It is a perfect cone , covered with an enormous layer of snow , which shines with dazzling splendour at the setting of the sun . The snow conceals ...
Page 109
... Cotopaxi and Tunguragua , he says , do not experience one of these eruptions in the course of twenty or thirty years . But , in the intervals , these volcanoes discharge enormous quantities of mud ; and , what is more extraordinary ...
... Cotopaxi and Tunguragua , he says , do not experience one of these eruptions in the course of twenty or thirty years . But , in the intervals , these volcanoes discharge enormous quantities of mud ; and , what is more extraordinary ...
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... Cotopaxi Volcano , Dreadful Eruptions of , & c . Chimborazo Volcano Volcano of Jorulla , Grand Catastrophe , 1759 , Opinion of the Natives , & c . .. GOLD AND DIAMOND MINES . Mines of Villa Rica , & c . Washing for Dia- monds , Anecdote ...
... Cotopaxi Volcano , Dreadful Eruptions of , & c . Chimborazo Volcano Volcano of Jorulla , Grand Catastrophe , 1759 , Opinion of the Natives , & c . .. GOLD AND DIAMOND MINES . Mines of Villa Rica , & c . Washing for Dia- monds , Anecdote ...
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