The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies, Vol. 2 of 5
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Excerpt from The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies, Vol. 2 of 5: Containing an Entire Translation of the Spanish Work of Colonel Don Antonio De Alcedo, Captain of the Royal Spanish Guards, and Member of the Royal Academy of History; With Large Additions and Compilations From Modern Voyages and Travels, and From Origina Dabaiba, an imaginary and fabulous river, which some travellers would fain have to be in the mountains of Abide. Amongst the many rivers, however, which flow down from that cordillera, we find no one of this name in the ancient or modern charts of the best geographers. Daboyan, a settlement of the province and government of Cinaloa in Nueva Espana; situate between the rivers Mayo and Fuerte. Dacadma, a lake of the province and country of the Amazonas, in the territory possessed by the Portuguese. It is formed by an arm or waste-water of the river Maranon, which returns to enter that river, leaving this lake; and at a small distance from it is another, called Cudaja. Dacarron, a large and convenient bay of the Malvine or Falkland isles, on the w. part of the principal one. Here the French peopled this settlement, and the castle of S. Louis, in 1763. Dacino, a river of the province of Pasto in the kingdom of Quito, to the s. It runs from n. to s. and enters the Coca on the n. side, in lat. 30´ s. Dado, a small settlement or ward of the head settlement of Tlazintla, and alcaldia mayor of Ixmiquilpan, in Nueva España. Daema, a river of the province and government of Buenos Ayres. It is small, and runs e. [Dagsborough, a post-town in Sussex county, Delaware; situated on the. w. bank of Peper´s creek, a branch of Indian river, and contains about 40 houses. It is 19 miles from Broad hill, or Clowe´s, and 127 s. from Philadelphia.] Dajabon, a river of the island of St. Domingo, in the part possessed by the French. It rises near the n. coast, runs n. n. w. and enters the sea in the bay of Manzanillo. Dalby, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes, in the district of the parish of St. Joseph; situate near the w. coast. Dales-Gift, a city of the province and colony of Virginia. [Dalton, a fine township in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, having Pittsfield on the w.; and contains 554 inhabitants. The stage road from Boston to Albany runs through it. Dalton was incorporated in 1784, and lies 135 miles w. by n. of Boston, and about 35 the same course from Northampton.] [Dalton, a township in Grafton county, New Hampshire, first called Apthorpe, was incorporated in 1784, and has only 14 inhabitants. It lies on the e. bank of Connecticut river, at the Fifteen-mile falls, opposite Concord, in Essex county, Vermont.] Damaquiel, a river of the province and government of Darien in the kingdom of Tierra Firme. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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