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... Peru , the same way they came . In our European seas , there is observed ( when the heavens are clear and serene , and no parti- cular winds stirring ) a certain gentle breeze , breathing from the east , and following the sun . It is ...
... Peru , the same way they came . In our European seas , there is observed ( when the heavens are clear and serene , and no parti- cular winds stirring ) a certain gentle breeze , breathing from the east , and following the sun . It is ...
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... Peru , and along the coasts of the south - sea ; but in ano- ther place , that the sea - winds principally blow along those shores : for the south wind there , is a land wind ; so likewise are the north and the east ; whilst only the ...
... Peru , and along the coasts of the south - sea ; but in ano- ther place , that the sea - winds principally blow along those shores : for the south wind there , is a land wind ; so likewise are the north and the east ; whilst only the ...
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... Peru is nearly as temperate , and its air as mild , as in Europe ; because , by lying near the sea , and having very large rivers , and exceeding great and high mountains covered with snow , it receives a great supply of winds and ...
... Peru is nearly as temperate , and its air as mild , as in Europe ; because , by lying near the sea , and having very large rivers , and exceeding great and high mountains covered with snow , it receives a great supply of winds and ...
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... Peru , lie not far asunder , and both of them situate in a rising or.mountainous ground ; so as not to differ in this respect ; and yet that Potosi has a cold and wintery temperature of air ; but Plata a mild and vernal one : which ...
... Peru , lie not far asunder , and both of them situate in a rising or.mountainous ground ; so as not to differ in this respect ; and yet that Potosi has a cold and wintery temperature of air ; but Plata a mild and vernal one : which ...
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... eclipse of the moon ; so that if the moon be eclipsed at midnight , the winds blow the same evening but if the eclipse of the moon happen in the morning , they blow the midnight before . Acosta observes , that in Peru , which is a 63.
... eclipse of the moon ; so that if the moon be eclipsed at midnight , the winds blow the same evening but if the eclipse of the moon happen in the morning , they blow the midnight before . Acosta observes , that in Peru , which is a 63.
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