. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fig. 164. DETAILS OF THK ORNAMENTATION OF FIGS. 162, 163. Natural size. Ponce de Leon and T)e Soto, give frequent descriptions of gold and copper: the latter appearing in great i^leuty, the former much less, and the similarity of appearance being such that, in the paucity of their communicating languages, they were unable to distinguish the differences between the two metals- Plate 04 represents certain gold objects in the United States Nat


. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fig. 164. DETAILS OF THK ORNAMENTATION OF FIGS. 162, 163. Natural size. Ponce de Leon and T)e Soto, give frequent descriptions of gold and copper: the latter appearing in great i^leuty, the former much less, and the similarity of appearance being such that, in the paucity of their communicating languages, they were unable to distinguish the differences between the two metals- Plate 04 represents certain gold objects in the United States National Museum from Chiriqui, and plate 65 represents a similar set from Antio-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution


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