The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 385 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 34
Page 2
... land which , in that quarter , once united the two continents , and rendered the communication between Asia and the opposite shore of America easy . From whence it is very possible that , while North America has been peopled from the ...
... land which , in that quarter , once united the two continents , and rendered the communication between Asia and the opposite shore of America easy . From whence it is very possible that , while North America has been peopled from the ...
Page 14
... , which were constructed with much skill . Among these , the canal , which for the space of many miles borders the rough skirts of the mountains in the vicinity of the ca- pital and waters the lands to the northward of that 14.
... , which were constructed with much skill . Among these , the canal , which for the space of many miles borders the rough skirts of the mountains in the vicinity of the ca- pital and waters the lands to the northward of that 14.
Page 15
Giovanni Ignazio Molina. pital and waters the lands to the northward of that city , is particularly remarkable for its ... lands ; and Fathers Bry , who refer to this fact , add , that the Chilians , with the assistance of these animals ...
Giovanni Ignazio Molina. pital and waters the lands to the northward of that city , is particularly remarkable for its ... lands ; and Fathers Bry , who refer to this fact , add , that the Chilians , with the assistance of these animals ...
Page 37
... lands . This officer having determined to establish a permanent settlement in the country , set out on his march in the year 1540 , with 200 Spaniards , and a numerous body of Peruvian auxiliaries , accompanied by some monks , several ...
... lands . This officer having determined to establish a permanent settlement in the country , set out on his march in the year 1540 , with 200 Spaniards , and a numerous body of Peruvian auxiliaries , accompanied by some monks , several ...
Page 38
... land of many people , " and from the ac- counts of the first writers upon Chili , its popula- tion corresponded therewith , being extremely It lies upon the confines of the principal mountain of the Andes , and is 140 miles in ...
... land of many people , " and from the ac- counts of the first writers upon Chili , its popula- tion corresponded therewith , being extremely It lies upon the confines of the principal mountain of the Andes , and is 140 miles in ...
Contents
170 | |
181 | |
187 | |
194 | |
203 | |
212 | |
218 | |
229 | |
68 | |
78 | |
84 | |
95 | |
101 | |
110 | |
121 | |
129 | |
140 | |
151 | |
158 | |
239 | |
249 | |
262 | |
272 | |
285 | |
297 | |
307 | |
331 | |
367 | |
375 | |
Other editions - View all
The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili, Volume 2 Giovanni Ignazio Molina Limited preview - 2012 |
Common terms and phrases
admapu Angol ANN RADCLIFFE Antiguenu appeared appointed Arau Araucanians Arauco Archipelago arms arrival attack Author battle besieged Bio-bio Boards Brit called Canete canians Caupolican cavalry CHAP chief Chili Chilian Chiloé civil Colocolo command containing Copiapo Crit Cujo death defeated Don Garcia enemy English Engravings European expedition favour foolscap 8vo fortress garrison give governor Grammar History horse Huilliches hundred illustrated Indians inhabitants island Jago killed language large vols Lautaro LINDLEY MURRAY Lumaco manner Maúle military mountains nation natives neral nians notwithstanding observed occasion officers Osorno particles peace Pedro Pehuenches person Peru Peruvians Plates POEMS possess present Price 12s principal prisoners Promaucians provinces Puelches Puren rendered retired river ROBERT SOUTHEY royal Second Edition sent settlements shore siege soldiers Spain Spaniards tained tenses thousand tion Toqui tribes troops Tucapel Ulmenes Valdivia valiant valour verb Villagran Volume whence
Popular passages
Page 388 - F., Travels in South America, during the years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804; containing a description of the Captain-Generalship of Caraccas, and an account of the discovery, conquest, topography, legislature, commerce, finance, and natural productions of the country; with a view of the manners and customs of the Spaniards and the native Indians, translated from the French, two volumes, London, 1807.
Page 193 - A detachment of cavalry was immediately sent under the guidance of this spy, and at day break made prisoner of that great man, but not till after a gallant resistance from ten of his most faithful soldiers, who would not abandon him. His wife, who never ceased exhorting him to die rather than surrender, on seeing him taken, indignantly threw towards him his infant son, saying, she would retain nothing that belonged to a coward. The detachment returned to the city amidst the rejoicings of the populace,...
Page 160 - There was one province, the population of which amounted, it is said, "to twelve thousand persons, of which number, not more than one hundred escaped with life." In accordance with the settlement enjoined by Valdivia, two officers of note, Alderete and one Francis Aiguirre, had precedence of Villagran in the government, but their absence at the time of the first viceroy's decease, left him without a rival. The return of Aiguirre to Chili threatened to involve...