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Scientific Results of a Journey in Brazil by Louis Agassiz and His Travelling Companions: Geology and Physical Geography of Brazil
Scientific Results of a Journey in Brazil by Louis Agassiz and His Travelling Companions Geology and Physical Geography of Brazil Author:Louis Agassiz, Charles Frederick Hartt General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1870 Original Publisher: Fields, Osgood Subjects: Geology Physical geography Science / Earth Sciences / General Science / Earth Sciences / Geography Science / Earth Sciences / Geology Travel / South America / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of... more » the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. PROVINCE OF MINAS GERAES. -- THE MUCURY AND JEQUI- T1NHONHA BASINS. The Basin of the Mucury. -- Porto Alegrc. -- Description of the River below Santa Clara. -- Lnxuriance of Forest Vegetation. -- Santa Clara. -- Minas Geraes a Land-locked Province. -- Want of Roads. -- The Philadelphia Road and the Mucury Colonies. -- Difference in Topography and Soils between the Tertiary and Gneiss Lands west of Santa Clara. -- Urucii, its Dutch Colony, Soils, Climate,« less