 | Henry Dunn - Central America - 1828 - 430 pages
...and burying under them many of the inhabitants. The earth shook with such violence that the tops of high ridges were torn off, and deep chasms formed in various parts of the level ground. The third commenced on the 18th of February 1651, about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, when a most extraordinary... | |
 | Josiah Conder - Voyages and travels - 1830 - 332 pages
...these eruptions took place on the 23d Dec., 1586, when the major part of the city again became a hedp of ruins, burying under them many of the unfortunate...formed in various parts of the level ground. " In 1G01, a pestilential distemper carried off great numbers. It raged with so much malignity, that three... | |
 | John Lloyd Stephens - Central America - 1841 - 528 pages
...greatly increased the general consternation. The greatest damage of this series took place on the 23d of December, 1586, when the major part of the city again...ground. " In 1601 a pestilential distemper carried off great numbers. It raged with so much malignity that three days generally terminated the existence of... | |
 | John L. Stephens - Central America - 1841 - 534 pages
...artificial light was necessary in the city at midday." 1586, when the major part of the city again became heap of ruins, burying under them many of the unfortunate...ground. " In 1601 a pestilential distemper carried off great numbers. It raged with so much malignity that three days generally terminated the existence of... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Literary Criticism - 1848 - 662 pages
...increased the general consternation. The most disastrous of these eruptions took place on the 23d of December, 1586, when the major part of the city again...chasms formed in various parts of the level ground ! " * From this time to 1651, the city was visited with pestilence and earthquakes, which destroyed... | |
 | John L. Stephens - Central America - 1854 - 638 pages
...greatly increased the general consternation. The greatest damage of this series took place on the 23d of December, 1586, when the major part of the city again became a heap of ruins, bury ing under them many of the unfortunate inhabitants ; the earth shook with such violence that the... | |
 | John Whetham Boddam-Whetham - Central America - 1877 - 396 pages
...December, 1586, when the greater part of the city became a heap of ruins, burying under them many of the inhabitants ; the earth shook with such violence that...formed in various parts of the level ground. In 1601 another pestilence carried off great numbers, and raged with so much malignity that three days generally... | |
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The greatest damage of this series took place on the 23d of December, 1586, when the major part of the city again became a heap of ruins, burying under them many of the unfortunate inhabitants ; the earth shook with such violence that the tops of the... 