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7ACARAI, a settlement of the province and government of Paraguay, founded near the river Parana, and rather towards the W by the missionary Jesuits, in 1624, where they also built a fort to protect it against the incursions of the infidel Indians. ACARAI, a river of the province and government of Paraguay. It runs S S E and enters the Parana opposite the settlement of La Poblacion Nueva. ACARAPU, a small river of the province and colony of Surinam, in the part of Guayana belonging to the Dutch. It is one of those which enter the Cuyuni. ACARI, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Camana, in Peru, situate in a beautiful and extensive valley, in which there is a very lofty mountain, which they call Sahuacario, composed of misshapen stones and sand, in which, at certain times of the year, especially in the months of December and January, is heard a loud and continued murmuring, which excites universal astonishment, and which, no doubt, is to be attributed to the air in some of its cavities. On its skirts are two fortresses, which were built in the time of the gentilism of the Indians. There is a port halfway between the town of St. Juan and the city of Arequipa, which is 8 leagues distant from the latter, and 11 from the former. It is very convenient, and has an excellent bottom, but is frequented only by small vessels. It is in lat. 15° 15'. S Long. 75° 8' 30" W ACARI, a point or cape of the coast of the S. sea, of the same province, and of the corregimiento of Camana. ACARI, a river of the above province, which runs to the S E. another river, of the province and captainship of Pará in the kingdom of Brasil. It is small, runs N afterwards inclines to the N N W and enters the river of Las Amazonas, just where this empties itself into the sea. ACARIGUA, a settlement of the province and government of Venezuela, situate on the shore of the river of its name, and close upon the E side of the town of Ararul. ACARIGUA, a river of the above province and government, which rises near the town of Araure, and runs S to enter the river of La Portuguesa. ACARRETO, a port of the coast of Tierra Firme, in the province and government of Darien, near cape Tiburon. [Lat. 8° 39' N Long. 77° 24' SO" W.] ACARUACA, a small river of the province and country of the Amazonas, in the part belonging to the Portuguese. It runs from N to S forming a bow, and enters the Matari. [ACASABASTIAN, a river in the province of Vera Paz in Mexico. It runs into the Golfo Dulce, and has a town situated on its banks of the same name. The source of this river is not far from the S. ACASABASTLAN, a settlement of the kingdom of Guatemala, in the province and alcaldía mayor of Chiapa. [ACASATHULA, a sea-port, situated on a point of land, in the province of Guatemala Proper, in Mexico, on a bay of the S. sea, about four leagues from Trinidad. It receives the greatest part of the treasures from Peru and Mexico. In its neighbourhood are three volcanoes.] ACASSA, a river of the province and government of Guayana, in the part possessed by the French. It enters the sea between the Ayapoco and Cape Orange. ACATEPEC, a settlement of the head settlement and alcaldía mayor of Thehuacan, where there is a convent or vicarage of the order of St. Francis. It contains 860 Indian families (including those of the wards of its district) in a spacious valley, which begins at the end of the settlement and extends itself above a league. In this valley are 12 cultivated estates, on which live 40 Indian families. It is four leagues S S W of its capital. another settlement in the head settlement and district of Chinantla, of the alcaldía mayor of Cozamaloapan. It is situate in a very pleasant plain, and surrounded by three lofty mountains. The number of its inhabitants is reduced. A very rapid and broad river passes near this settlement; and as this is the direct way to the city of Oaxaca and other jurisdictions, and as the travellers, who come here in great numbers, must necessarily cross the river in barks or canoes, the Indians, who are very expert in this sort of navigation, contrive by these means to procure themselves a decent livelihood. 10 leagues W of its head settlement. another settlement of the alcaldía mayor of the same kingdom, situate between two high ridges. It contains 100 Indian families, and is annexed to the curacy of TranslationACARAI, Pueblo de la Provincia y Gobierno del Paraguay, fundado cerca del río Paraná, y al O de el por los Misioneros Regulares de la Compañía, el año de 1604 en que fabricaron un fuerte para defensa de las correrías que hacian los Indios infieles. ACARAI, Río de la Provincia y Gobierno del Paraguay. Corre al S SE y entra en el Paraná, frente del Pueblo de la Población Nueva. ACARAPU, Río pequeño de la Provincia y Colonia de Surinam, en la parte de la Guayana, que poseen los Holandeses. Es uno de los que entran en el de Cuyuni. ACARI, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Camaná, en el Perú, situado en un hermoso y dilatado valle, en que hay un cerro muy alto que llaman Sahuacario, compuesto de piedras disformes y mucha arena, en el qual, a ciertos tiempos, especialmente por los meses de Diciembre y Enero, se oye un ruido grande y continuo que causa admiración, y sin duda lo produce el ayre en algunas cabidades. A su falda hay dos fortalezas antiguas del tiempo de la gentilidad de los Indios. Tiene un mediano Puerto entre el Pueblo de San Juan y la Ciudad de Arequipa: distante 8 leguas de esta y 11 de aquel; es muy bueno, cómodo y de excelente fondo, pero frecuentado solo de embarcaciones menores. Está en 15 gr. 97 de lat. aust. Tiene el mismo nombre una punta o cabo de la costa en la mar del S del propio corregimiento. ACARIGUA,Pueblo de la Provincia y Gobierno de Venezuela, situado a orilla del río de su nombre, y muy inmediato por el rumbo del E a la Villa de Araure. Tiene el mismo nombre un río de esta Provincia y Gobierno, que nace junto a la Villa de Araure y corre hacia el S para entrar en el de la Portuguesa. ACARRETO, Puerto de la costa de Tierra Firme en la Provincia y Gobierno del Darien, cerca del Cabo Tiburón. ACARUACA, Río pequeño de la Provincia y País de las Amazonas, en la parte que poseen los Portugueses: corre del N al S, formando un arco, y entra en el de Matari. ACASABASTLAN, Pueblo del Reyno de Guatemala, en la Provincia y Alcaldía mayor de Chiapa. ACASSA, Río de la Provincia y Gobierno de la Guayana,en la parte que poseen los Franceses y sale al mar entre los de Oyapoco y el cabo de Orange. ACATEPEC, Pueblo de la Cabecera y Alcaldía mayor de Thenuacan, donde hay un Convento o Vicaría de la Orden de San Francisco; tiene 86o familias de Indios (inclusas las de los barrios de su distrito, en un espacioso valle que empieza a la salida del Pueblo, y se extiende mas de una legua. Hay en él 12 haciendas de labor, en que viven 40 familias de Indios, y está 4 leguas al S S O de su capital. Otro Pueblo del mismo nombre hay en la Cabecera y Partido de Chinantla de la alcaldía mayor de Cozamaloapan. Está fundado en un llano muy ameno, a quien rodean tres cerros muy devados; su vecindario es reducido. Pasa cerca de este Pueblo un rió muy rápido y ancho, que es tránsito preciso para la Ciudad de Oaxaca y otras jurisdicciones; y siendo muchos los pasageros que frecuentan estecamino, es forzoso pasarlo en Barcas o Canoas, de cuyo exercicio, como están prácticos, se mantienen los Indios. Está 10 leguas al O de su Cabecera. Otro en la alcaldía mayor de Nexapa del mismo Reyno, situado entre dos lomas, tiene 100 familias de Indios, y es anexo al Curato de San Lorenzo, de donde dista 1 leguas. | 7ACARAI, a settlement of the province and government of Paraguay, founded near the river Parana, and rather towards the W by the missionary Jesuits, in 1624, where they also built a fort to protect it against the incursions of the infidel Indians. ACARAI, a river of the province and government of Paraguay. It runs S S E and enters the Parana opposite the settlement of La Poblacion Nueva. ACARAPU, a small river of the province and colony of Surinam, in the part of Guayana belonging to the Dutch. It is one of those which enter the Cuyuni. ACARI, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Camana, in Peru, situate in a beautiful and extensive valley, in which there is a very lofty mountain, which they call Sahuacario, composed of misshapen stones and sand, in which, at certain times of the year, especially in the months of December and January, is heard a loud and continued murmuring, which excites universal astonishment, and which, no doubt, is to be attributed to the air in some of its cavities. On its skirts are two fortresses, which were built in the time of the gentilism of the Indians. There is a port halfway between the town of St. Juan and the city of Arequipa, which is 8 leagues distant from the latter, and 11 from the former. It is very convenient, and has an excellent bottom, but is frequented only by small vessels. It is in lat. 15° 15'. S Long. 75° 8' 30" W ACARI, a point or cape of the coast of the S. sea, of the same province, and of the corregimiento of Camana. ACARI, a river of the above province, which runs to the S E. another river, of the province and captainship of Pará in the kingdom of Brasil. It is small, runs N afterwards inclines to the N N W and enters the river of Las Amazonas, just where this empties itself into the sea. ACARIGUA, a settlement of the province and government of Venezuela, situate on the shore of the river of its name, and close upon the E side of the town of Ararul. ACARIGUA, a river of the above province and government, which rises near the town of Araure, and runs S to enter the river of La Portuguesa. ACARRETO, a port of the coast of Tierra Firme, in the province and government of Darien, near cape Tiburon. [Lat. 8° 39' N Long. 77° 24' SO" W.] ACARUACA, a small river of the province and country of the Amazonas, in the part belonging to the Portuguese. It runs from N to S forming a bow, and enters the Matari. [ACASABASTIAN, a river in the province of Vera Paz in Mexico. It runs into the Golfo Dulce, and has a town situated on its banks of the same name. The source of this river is not far from the S. ACASABASTLAN, a settlement of the kingdom of Guatemala, in the province and alcaldía mayor of Chiapa. [ACASATHULA, a sea-port, situated on a point of land, in the province of Guatemala Proper, in Mexico, on a bay of the S. sea, about four leagues from Trinidad. It receives the greatest part of the treasures from Peru and Mexico. In its neighbourhood are three volcanoes.] ACASSA, a river of the province and government of Guayana, in the part possessed by the French. It enters the sea between the Ayapoco and Cape Orange. ACATEPEC, a settlement of the head settlement and alcaldía mayor of Thehuacan, where there is a convent or vicarage of the order of St. Francis. It contains 860 Indian families (including those of the wards of its district) in a spacious valley, which begins at the end of the settlement and extends itself above a league. In this valley are 12 cultivated estates, on which live 40 Indian families. It is four leagues S S W of its capital. another settlement in the head settlement and district of Chinantla, of the alcaldía mayor of Cozamaloapan. It is situate in a very pleasant plain, and surrounded by three lofty mountains. The number of its inhabitants is reduced. A very rapid and broad river passes near this settlement; and as this is the direct way to the city of Oaxaca and other jurisdictions, and as the travellers, who come here in great numbers, must necessarily cross the river in barks or canoes, the Indians, who are very expert in this sort of navigation, contrive by these means to procure themselves a decent livelihood. 10 leagues W of its head settlement. another settlement of the alcaldía mayor of the same kingdom, situate between two high ridges. It contains 100 Indian families, and is annexed to the curacy of TranslationACARAI, Pueblo de la Provincia y Gobierno del Paraguay, fundado cerca del río Paraná, y al O de el por los Misioneros Regulares de la Compañía, el año de 1604 en que fabricaron un fuerte para defensa de las correrías que hacian los Indios infieles. ACARAI, Río de la Provincia y Gobierno del Paraguay. Corre al S SE y entra en el Paraná, frente del Pueblo de la Población Nueva. ACARAPU, Río pequeño de la Provincia y Colonia de Surinam, en la parte de la Guayana, que poseen los Holandeses. Es uno de los que entran en el de Cuyuni. ACARI, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Camaná, en el Perú, situado en un hermoso y dilatado valle, en que hay un cerro muy alto que llaman Sahuacario, compuesto de piedras disformes y mucha arena, en el qual, a ciertos tiempos, especialmente por los meses de Diciembre y Enero, se oye un ruido grande y continuo que causa admiración, y sin duda lo produce el ayre en algunas cabidades. A su falda hay dos fortalezas antiguas del tiempo de la gentilidad de los Indios. Tiene un mediano Puerto entre el Pueblo de San Juan y la Ciudad de Arequipa: distante 8 leguas de esta y 11 de aquel; es muy bueno, cómodo y de excelente fondo, pero frecuentado solo de embarcaciones menores. Está en 15 gr. 97 de lat. aust. Tiene el mismo nombre una punta o cabo de la costa en la mar del S del propio corregimiento. ACARIGUA,Pueblo de la Provincia y Gobierno de Venezuela, situado a orilla del río de su nombre, y muy inmediato por el rumbo del E a la Villa de Araure. Tiene el mismo nombre un río de esta Provincia y Gobierno, que nace junto a la Villa de Araure y corre hacia el S para entrar en el de la Portuguesa. ACARRETO, Puerto de la costa de Tierra Firme en la Provincia y Gobierno del Darien, cerca del Cabo Tiburón. ACARUACA, Río pequeño de la Provincia y País de las Amazonas, en la parte que poseen los Portugueses: corre del N al S, formando un arco, y entra en el de Matan. ACASABASTLAN, Pueblo del Reyno de Guatemala, en la Provincia y Alcaldía mayor de Chiapa. ACASSA, Río de la Provincia y Gobierno de la Guayana,en la parte que poseen los Franceses y sale al mar entre los de Oyapoco y el cabo de Orange. ACATEPEC, Pueblo de la Cabecera y Alcaldía mayor de Thenuacan, donde hay un Convento o Vicaría de la Orden de San Francisco; tiene 86o familias de Indios (inclusas las de los barrios de su distrito, en un espacioso valle que empieza a la salida del Pueblo, y se extiende mas de una legua. Hay en él 12 haciendas de labor, en que viven 40 familias de Indios, y está 4 leguas al S S O de su capital. Otro Pueblo del mismo nombre hay en la Cabecera y Partido de Chinantla de la alcaldía mayor de Cozamaloapan. Está fundado en un llano muy ameno, a quien rodean tres cerros muy devados; su vecindario es reducido. Pasa cerca de este Pueblo un rió muy rápido y ancho, que es tránsito preciso para la Ciudad de Oaxaca y otras jurisdicciones; y siendo muchos los pasageros que frecuentan estecamino, es forzoso pasarlo en Barcas o Canoas, de cuyo exercicio, como están prácticos, se mantienen los Indios. Está 10 leguas al O de su Cabecera. Otro en la alcaldía mayor de Nexapa del mismo Reyno, situado entre dos lomas, tiene 100 familias de Indios, y es anexo al Curato de San Lorenzo, de donde dista 1 leguas. |