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ARAGUA, one of the smaller states of Venezuela under the redivision of 1004, lying principally within the parallel ranges of the Venezuelan Cordillera, and comprising some of the most fertile and healthful valleys of the republic. It is bounded E. by the Feder ...

ARAGUAYA. ARACUAY or ABAGUIA, a river of Brazil and principal affluent of the Tocantins, rising in the Scrra do Cayapo, where it is known as the Rio Grande, and flowing in a north by east direction to a junction with the Tocantins at Sao Joao do Araguaya, or S ...

ARAGO, DOMINIQUE FRANCOIS JEAN (1786-1853), French physicist, was born on the 26th of February 1786, at Estagel, a small village near Perpignan, in the department of the eastern Pyrenees. He was the eldest of four brothers. Jean (17881836) emigrated to America

ARGUS, in ancient Greek mythology, the son of Inachus, Agenor or Arestor, or, according to others, an earth-born hero (autochthon). He was called Panoptes (all-seeing), from having eyes all over his body. After performing several feats of valour, he was appoin

... Russia, Siberia, Central Asia, China, Cochin-China, Egypt, West Indies, Peru, Paraguay, Brazil, Mexico, and other parts of North and South America, in Australia, and on different parts of the African continent, while for other European countries the writings ...

... dals connected with Forster's attempt to found a Christian Socialist colony in Paraguay, the conviction of Baron von Hammerstein, the anti-Semitic Conservativeleader,for forgery andswindling(i895-i8Q6),andseveral minor scandals of the same unsavoury character, ...

... acin is the remarkable fountain called Cella, 3700 ft. above the 3*4 ARAGONITE— ARAGUA sea, which forms the source of the Jiloca; and between this river and the Sierra Molina is an extensive lake called Gallocanta, covering about 6000 acres. The climate is cha ...

ASUNCI6N (NUESTRA SF.NORA DE LA AsuNddn), a city and port of Paraguay, and capital of the republic, on the left bank of the Paraguay river in 25° 16' 04' S., 57° 42' 40' W., and 970 m. above Buenos Aires. Pop. (est. in 1900) 52,000. The port is connected with ...

... s gives the Tupi nation a wide range, from the Atlantic to the Andes, and from Paraguay to the Amazon. Of this stock are the Omaguas, Cocomas and other Peruvian tribes. Latham makes the Tupis members of the Guarani stock. The " Lingoa Geral " or trade language ...

... Negotiations about an isthmian canal resulted only in a treaty with Tbe'-virNicaragua in 1868 giving to the United States a glnitu" right of way across the isthmus and in provisions for Attalr. a government survey of the Panama route. Foreign relations in thi ...