Cordillera that bird builds its nest, and hatches its young in the months of April and May. Few animals have attained so universal a celebrity as the condor. That bird was known in Europe at a period when his native land was numbered among those fabulous... American Journal of Science and Arts - Página 4451847Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1847 - 492 páginas
...treasures concealed in the Imacas, or graves ; hence the Indian name of the thorn-apple — Huacacachu, or grave-plant. 17. The Condor of the Cordillera,...fabulous regions which are regarded as the scenes of imaginary wonders. The most extravagant accounts of the condor were written and read, and general credence... | |
| 1847 - 508 páginas
...Biblioth. Unlver. de Geneve, No. 8, p. 434.) 24. The Condor of the Cordillera. — In these steril heights nature withholds her fostering influence alike...fabulous regions which are regarded as the scenes of imaginary wonders. The most extravagant accounts of the condor were written and read, and general credence... | |
| 1847 - 538 páginas
...Biblioth. Univer. de Geneve, No. 8, p. 434.) 24. The Condor of the Cordillera. — In these steril heights nature withholds her fostering influence alike...fabulous regions which are regarded as the scenes of imaginary wonders. The most extravagant accounts of the condor were written and read, and general credence... | |
| Johann Jakob von Tschudi - 1847 - 384 páginas
...dreary and shelterless wilds. The condor alone finds itself in its native element amidst these mountain deserts. On the inaccessible summits of the Cordillera...among those fabulous regions which are regarded as the scen:s of imaginary wonders. The most extravagant accounts of the condor were written and read, and... | |
| Johann Jakob von Tschudi - 1847 - 742 páginas
...dreary and shelterless wilds. The condor alone finds itself in its native element amidst these mountain deserts. On the inaccessible summits of the Cordillera...land was numbered among those fabulous regions which arc regarded as the scenes of imaginary wonders. The most extravagant accounts of the condor were written... | |
| 1847 - 490 páginas
...native element amidst these mountainous deserts. On the inaccessible summits of the Cordillera lhat bird builds its nest, and hatches its young in the...fabulous regions which are regarded as the scenes of imaginary wonders. The most extravagant accounts of the condor were written and read, and general credence... | |
| Johann Jakob von Tschudi - 1847 - 528 páginas
...dreary and shelterless wilds. The condor alone finds itself in its native element amidst these mountain deserts. On the inaccessible summits of the Cordillera...bird builds its nest, and hatches its young in the mouths of April and May. Few animals have attained so universal a celebrity as the condor. That bird... | |
| Johann Jacob von Tschudi - 1847 - 530 páginas
...dreary and shelterless wilds. The condor alone finds itself in its native element amidst these mountain deserts. On the inaccessible summits of the Cordillera...bird builds its nest, and hatches its young in the mouths of April and May. Few animals have attained so universal a celebrity as the condor. That bird... | |
| 1847 - 420 páginas
...its native element amidst these mountain deserts. On the inaccessible summits of the Cordillera this bird builds its nest, and hatches its young in the months of April and May. Few animals have obtained so universal a celebrity as the condor. That bird was known in Europe, at a period when his... | |
| 1849 - 354 páginas
...condor alone finds itself in its native element. On the inaccessible summits of the Cordillera, it builds its nest, and hatches its young in the months...fabulous regions which are regarded as the scenes of imaginary wonders. The most extravagant accounts of the condor were written and read, and general credence... | |
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