The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 385 pages |
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... PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , HURST , REES , AND ORME , PATERNOSTER - ROW . Printed by J. D. Dewick , 46 , Barbican . 1809 . THE.
... PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , HURST , REES , AND ORME , PATERNOSTER - ROW . Printed by J. D. Dewick , 46 , Barbican . 1809 . THE.
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Giovanni Ignazio Molina. Printed by J. D. Dewick , 46 , Barbican . THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE CIVIL HISTORY OF CHILI .
Giovanni Ignazio Molina. Printed by J. D. Dewick , 46 , Barbican . THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE CIVIL HISTORY OF CHILI .
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... printed and manuscript grammars of this language are to be met with , but the one which I have principally used is that of Febres , printed at Lima , in the year 1765 , and deserving of particular recommendation for its method and its ...
... printed and manuscript grammars of this language are to be met with , but the one which I have principally used is that of Febres , printed at Lima , in the year 1765 , and deserving of particular recommendation for its method and its ...
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... printed in Bologna , 1776. " The Spaniards who live in the province of Maúle , and near the frontiers of Araucania , carry on a com- merce with those people , which consists in supplying them with iron ware , bits for bridles , cutlery ...
... printed in Bologna , 1776. " The Spaniards who live in the province of Maúle , and near the frontiers of Araucania , carry on a com- merce with those people , which consists in supplying them with iron ware , bits for bridles , cutlery ...
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... printing are also so great , as to discourage literary exertion , so that few aspire to the reputation of authors , The knowledge of the civil and canonical laws is held in great esteem by them , so that many of the Chilian youth ...
... printing are also so great , as to discourage literary exertion , so that few aspire to the reputation of authors , The knowledge of the civil and canonical laws is held in great esteem by them , so that many of the Chilian youth ...
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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
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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...