Following the Conquistadores ...: Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena ... 1910. F2216.Z2

Admiral animals arrival banana bank Barranquilla beautiful birds boat Bogotá Buccaneers Cabuyaro called capital Caqueza Caracas Caribbean Cartagena Casanare cattle century Chibchas Ciudad Bolivar coast Colombia Columbus conquistadores Cordilleras Costa Rica cross danger delightful delta distance early Española feet Florida flowers forest frequently fruit gold Granada Guahibos Guiana Gulf of Paria hammock Historia horses Humboldt hundred Indians Indies inhabitants interest island José journey kind known land large number Llanero llanos Magdalena marvelous Meta miles moriche moriche palm mountain Muisca mules natives negroes never night Orinoco Orocué ourselves Padre palm paramo passed peons plains plants Quesada Raleigh reach reason regarding regions republic river Savanna seemed seen soon South America Spain Spaniards Spanish species steamer thousand tierra tion town traveler tree tribes Trinidad tropical valley vaqueano vegetation Venezuela Villavicencio visited voyage wonderful writes