balsas
- plural of balsa.
Example Sentences
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According to Peruvian tradition, the Inca Tupac Yupanqui sailed a large fleet of balsas into the Pacific, about 1470 A.D.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were taking many of the same chances as their theoretical primitives: the raft was modeled after the balsas of the ancient Peruvians.
From Time Magazine Archive
To give greater security two balsas are sometimes fastened together in the fashion of a double canoe.
From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Bingham, Hiram
We built a fleet of balsas with reeds and blown-out sheepskins, and followed him.
From The Virgin of the Sun by Haggard, Henry Rider
This watery labyrinth was navigated by the Indians in their balsas; and, secure in their retreat, they contrived to make inroads on the Spanish towns in the neighbourhood for a length of time.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles
