This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...of the falls, the travellers frequently ascended the eminence of Manimi, a granitic ridge rising from the savannah, to the north of the church. "When one attains the summit of the rock," says Humboldt, "he suddenly sees a sheet of foam a mile in extent. Enormous masses of rock, of an iron blackness, emerge from its ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...of the falls, the travellers frequently ascended the eminence of Manimi, a granitic ridge rising from the savannah, to the north of the church. "When one attains the summit of the rock," says Humboldt, "he suddenly sees a sheet of foam a mile in extent. Enormous masses of rock, of an iron blackness, emerge from its bosom, some of a mammillar form, and grouped like basaltic hills; others resemblingtowers, castles, and ruins. Their dark colour contrasts with the silvery whiteness of the foam. Every rock and islet is covered with tufts of stately trees. From the base of these prominences, as far as the eye can reach, there hangs over the river a dense mist, through which the tops of majestic palms are seen to penetrate. At every hour of the day this sheet of foam presents a different aspect. Sometimes the mountain-isles and palms project their long shadows over it; sometimes the rays of the setting sun are refracted in the humid cloud that covers the cataract, when coloured arches form, vanish, and reappear by turns." The mountain of Manimi forms the eastern limit of a plain, which presented the same appearance as that of Atures. Toward the west is a level space formerly occupied. by the waters of the river, and exhibiting rocks similar to the islands of the cataracts. These masses are also crowned with palms; and one of them, called Keri, is celebrated in the country for a white spot, which Humboldt supposed to be a large nodule of quartz. In an islet amidst the rush of waters there is a similar spot. The Indians view them with a mysterious interest, believing they see in the former the image of the moon, and in the latter that of the sun. The inhabitants of the mission were Guahiboes and Macoes. In the time of the Jesuits the number was s...
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Fair. No Jacket. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. 367pp. Brown cloth, gilt spine lettering. Top 2 inches of spine missing, spine chipped, edges owrn, contents are mildly toned and only occasionally spotted, but mostly quite clean, pencilled inscription on front free endpaper. One map and 5 additional engravings.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Spine and hinges sunned; library label pasted on spine, and library stamps and paste-ons on both endpapers; top of ffep torn off; hinges at endpapers a bit loose; else tight, clean, and square; 24mo. 367 p. Brown cloth boards with publisher; s logo blind-stamped on both covers, and gilt lettering on spine; b&w engraved frontis vignette, plus five additional engraved b&w illus.
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