EXPLANATION 



OF THE 



PLATES. 



PLATE I.— Pase 2C. 



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/I PL. J N of the hay of Carthagena. 

 -^ J plan of Ihe city of Carthagena. 



PLATE II.— Page 92. 



Tlan ofiht harbour and town of Porto Bello. 

 Plan of the city of Quito. 

 a The sagrario. h St. Sebastian. c St. Barbaria. 

 á St. Hoque. e St. Mark. f St. Prisca. 



£ St. Bluize. b The Cathedral. 



J)resses of men a?id women of Quito. 



PLATE III. 



ji Map of South America, 



PLATE IV.— Page 44e. 



FIG. 1. 



Viexo of the desert of Cotopaxi. 

 a Phfcnomenon of the iris's, or rainbows, round the head of 

 the spectator f Q¡)%erved often on the deserts, 



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