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... mountain chains are met with , the highest being Serra Itatiaia , over 10,000 feet in elevation . Forests cover a great portion of the interior , and the mineral wealth , especially in gold and diamonds , is very remarkable . The ...
... mountain chains are met with , the highest being Serra Itatiaia , over 10,000 feet in elevation . Forests cover a great portion of the interior , and the mineral wealth , especially in gold and diamonds , is very remarkable . The ...
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... Pinhal , San Javier , are so many ramifications . The country is magnificently wooded and watered , and the mountain ranges add to its picturesque appearance , although no higher than the hills of Derbyshire PROVINCE OF RIO GRANDE . 13.
... Pinhal , San Javier , are so many ramifications . The country is magnificently wooded and watered , and the mountain ranges add to its picturesque appearance , although no higher than the hills of Derbyshire PROVINCE OF RIO GRANDE . 13.
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... mountains teeming with animal life , and offering the same rich and varied fauna as the rest of Brazil , for the most part strange to an European . Among the larger animals we find the ape , ounce , wild boar , carpincho or river - hog ...
... mountains teeming with animal life , and offering the same rich and varied fauna as the rest of Brazil , for the most part strange to an European . Among the larger animals we find the ape , ounce , wild boar , carpincho or river - hog ...
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... the Jesuits when the country was first settled were the Minuanos and Charruas in the lower grounds , and the Tapes and Coroados in the mountains , all of which waged a fierce war with the Portu- 26 RIO GRANDE DO SUL .
... the Jesuits when the country was first settled were the Minuanos and Charruas in the lower grounds , and the Tapes and Coroados in the mountains , all of which waged a fierce war with the Portu- 26 RIO GRANDE DO SUL .
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... mountains , and laid down in 1805 by a French contractor . The con- cessionaire of the gas is Baron D'Ornano , a Corsican related to the Bonaparte and Colonna families , and late French Consul here , who sold his concession in London ...
... mountains , and laid down in 1805 by a French contractor . The con- cessionaire of the gas is Baron D'Ornano , a Corsican related to the Bonaparte and Colonna families , and late French Consul here , who sold his concession in London ...
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