Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinampas
Literary usage of Chinampas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in the United States, Etc.: During 1849 and 1850 by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1851)
"Mexico—The Viga—The chinampas—Floating Gardens, Fields and Orchards of the ...
We visited the celebrated chinampas, formerly the floating garden of the ..."
2. Mexico and Its Religion: With Incidents of Travel in that Country During by Robert Anderson Wilson (1856)
"The chinampas or Water Gardens.—Laws of Nature not set aside.— Mud will not float.
— The present chinampas.—They never could have been floating Gardens. ..."
3. Life in Mexico During a Residence of Two Years in that Country (1843)
"... sight — Medical students — Dinner at the Prussian Minister's — Rides on
horseback — Indian love of flowers — Santa Anita — The chinampas — Their origin ..."
4. Six Months' Residence and Travels in Mexico: Containing Remarks on the by William Bullock (1824)
"chinampas, &c. MEXICO has but one place of dramatic exhibition; it is a good
building, and of considerable size. Its internal form is that of a lengthened ..."
5. Notes on Mexico, Made in the Autumn of 1822: Accompanied by an Historical by Joel Roberts Poinsett (1825)
"... Viga—chinampas or Floating Gardens—Theatre. I DARE say you are anxious to
learn something about the revolution and the subsequent events ; but you must ..."
6. A New History of the Conquest of Mexico: In which Las Casas' Denunciations by Wilson, Robert Anderson, 1812- (1859)
"... 482—The first week of the siege, 483—A complete investment effected, 484—Its
results, 485—The chinampas, improperly called Floating Gardens, 485. ..."
7. Narrative of a Tour in North America: Comprising Mexico, the Mines of Real by Henry Tudor (1834)
"... Chambers of Congress — Number of Deputies and Senators —Their Salaries—-Allowances
of the various Officers of State—chinampas, or Floating Gardens—Paseo ..."
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