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  • The light of the signal of Campvey was very rarely seen, and I was, during six months, in the _Desierto de las Palmas_, without being able to see it, whilst at a later period the light established at the Desierto, but well directed, was seen every evening from Campvey.

    Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Baden Powell 1819

  • They say the Desierto is a beautiful place, but being seven leagues from Mexico, we shall probably all return as tired as possible.

    Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843

  • The Desierto is a pleasant retreat, made even sweeter by occasional Sunday concerts at the Carmelite monastery (completed in 1611) in the center of the park.

    Monastic Getaway 2006

  • The Desierto is a pleasant retreat, made even sweeter by occasional Sunday concerts at the Carmelite monastery (completed in 1611) in the center of the park.

    Monastic Getaway 2006

  • Zoneros arrive thinking that the Laboratorio del Desierto is a hotel, and are often quite angry (and unprepared) when they are informed the facilities are for research activities only.

    The Zone Of Silence of nothern Mexico - scientific marvel or just fiction? 1997

  • Zoneros arrive thinking that the Laboratorio del Desierto is a hotel, and are often quite angry (and unprepared) when they are informed the facilities are for research activities only.

    The Zone Of Silence of nothern Mexico - scientific marvel or just fiction? 1997

  • Zoneros arrive thinking that the Laboratorio del Desierto is a hotel, and are often quite angry (and unprepared) when they are informed the facilities are for research activities only.

    The Zone Of Silence of nothern Mexico - scientific marvel or just fiction? 1997

  • The forest that surrounds El Desierto is composed of the largest trees in the valley, hardly excepting those of

    Six Months in Mexico 1888

  • But they removed from this beautiful site to another, said to be equally beautiful and wilder, also called the Desierto, but much farther from Mexico; and this fertile region (which the knowing eye of a Yankee would instantly discover to be full of capabilities in the way of machinery), belongs to no one, and lies here deserted, in solitary beauty.

    Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843

  • They say the Desierto is a beautiful place, but being seven leagues from Mexico, we shall probably all return as tired as possible.

    Life in Mexico Frances Calder��n de la Barca 1843

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