THE FUTURE OF VENEZUELA
A great opportunity—The Panama Canal—The
Llanos—Petroleum-fields—Liquid fuel—Position of
Venezuela—Guayana—Possibilities—Colonisation—Government—The
military-political class—The disgrace of labour—Better
conditions—Vargas—The “Matos” revolution—General
Gomez—Hopes to be realised—Honesty and
justice—Development—Roads—Railways—Education—Consular
service—Great Britain’s trade with Venezuela—A poor
third—British capital—The people’s responsibility—An
opportunity.
What will be the condition of Venezuela twenty or thirty years hence? The
question is one to which no exact answer can be given, for it involves
the consideration of so many, variable factors. We may, however, safely
say that in that period there will be either no advance or a very
great one; in the latter case, the country may well rival Argentine in
world-importance.
The resources to some of which increased prosperity will be due have
already been described in the body of this volume, but we can here pass
in review the chief national assets, and glance also at the methods which
will have to be adopted to secure the right atmosphere for the full
development of the country.
In doing this, we must take into account one external event which may
be expected to occur within the next two years, namely, the opening of
the Panama Canal, for it will give Venezuela an opportunity such as
she has never before had of developing her foreign trade by leaps and
bounds. Many of her products are common to other countries equally well
situated for taking advantage of the increasing shipping facilities
afforded by the “Ditch,” but two of her undeveloped assets in respect of
which she enjoys exceptional conditions are found in the great natural
grazing-grounds and the subterranean stores of petroleum; the latter are
as yet untried, but assuming that they fulfil their promise, Venezuela
can supply equally well to the Pacific and the Atlantic food and
fuel—_i.e._, not luxuries but necessities.
The area of the Llanos has been estimated as over 100,000 square miles,
so that Venezuela has here a space large enough to support a vast herd of
cattle. Their markets, it is true, will still lie rather in the populous
countries of Europe than in any of those brought nearer by the canal;
but increased shipping facilities should encourage the improvement of
stock and the development of the industry along lines which will make the
country of real international importance, for it must be remembered that
Venezuela is a week nearer to Europe than the other great meat-exporting
country of the South, Argentina.
The oil resources of Venezuela do not possess any unique qualities either
from a strategic or a topographical point of view; in other words, their
product is not the nearest to the line of steam-traffic to the Isthmus,
nor are the fields so situated in the country that they could be worked
with greater ease than, for instance, those of Trinidad or Peru.
We must digress for a moment to notice more fully the importance of a
strategic position, from the point of view of commerce, not of war.
It is a well-known fact that one of the greatest hindrances to a more
general adoption of liquid fuel, apart from the question of permanence of
supplies, is the absence of regular oiling-stations, so that steamers
burning petroleum are handicapped as to freedom of movement in a way in
which coal-burning boats are not.
Now let us glance once more at Venezuela’s position, from the point
of view of strategic position; the topography of the country and the
present means of communication will probably render it more easy to
develop these oil-fields than those of the neighbouring republic of
Colombia, though the latter lie nearer to the canal-zone; if this be so,
Venezuela and Trinidad may be considered together as the largest area of
oil-producing country situated in such proximity to the canal as to make
it possible for vessels to replenish their stores of fuel conveniently.
Whether the oil is taken on board in Trinidad, at one of the Venezuelan
ports, or at Colón, the advantageous position of the fields is equally
clear for European boats, which would then, on this sea-route, be in a
position almost analogous to the oil-burning boats between Japan and San
Francisco, where they are in the Californian fuel-oil region.
There seems reason to suppose that Venezuela has extensive areas
producing oil of the type requisite, and therefore her future importance
depends largely upon the energy with which she discovers or encourages
others to discover where and how the mineral can be most profitably won.
Nor must the possibilities of Guayana be ignored in this general summary,
for a considerable proportion of some of the larger exports given in
Appendix B is shipped through Ciudad Bolivar; these are mainly, of
course, forest products and gold, but there are great possibilities of
increased output of both these, with the development of more permanent
agricultural and pastoral resources in the woods and savannahs of
southern Venezuela. The introduction of industrial colonists has, as
we have seen, been planned already, and much may come of the wise
prosecution of such a scheme.
Under these three heads we have the undeveloped resources of Venezuela,
but there remains a long list of products exported, some of which already
aggregate a considerable value, while others are capable of great
increase. There is no necessity to deal with these various products
in detail here, since a glance at the table in Appendix B will show
their relative importance. The question remains, What is needed that
Venezuela’s trade may be free to expand and may be assisted in that
expansion by those in authority?
First and foremost, there is the character of the Government itself to
be considered. Venezuela, like most of the rest of Latin America, has
suffered much at the hands of a military-political class, whose one
method of acquiring and retaining power has been that of force; while,
once installed in the places of authority, the members of that class have
devoted most of their time to acquiring wealth and power for themselves,
and little or none to the task for which they have been “elected” (in
theory) by the people. To such an extent were the doctrines of this class
general that it had been found impossible to persuade good men and true
to take control of the national finance, those fitted to do so knowing
well that any attempts at reform on their part would at once be thwarted
by their self-seeking colleagues in the Ministry, to whom adequate public
control of expenditure would be abhorrent.
Nor can the republic be blamed for the existence of this class, whose
traditions are merely a slightly exaggerated copy, of those of the early
Spanish aristocratic colonists, who deemed it derogatory to work, but
thought it no shame to exist upon the forced labour of others; with
the break-up of slavery conditions, which occurred before their actual
abolition, these men and their descendants, often not of pure Spanish
blood, preferred political intrigues and the leadership of revolutions to
honest work, and until recent years this caste has held the government
in the majority of the Latin-American republics. The belief in the
disgrace of labour is not common to any age or any country among men of
a certain type, but the class who hold these views have held more power
and have been more numerous in South America than in Europe, unless we go
back some three or four hundred years to the days when “gentlemen” were
supposed to live like the lilies of the field, with an occasional fight
at other people’s expense to relieve the monotony of existence.
Early in the history of Venezuela’s independence an abortive attempt was
made, in the election of Doctor Vargas to the presidency, to counteract
the evil influence of the military politicians of the revolution, but
Mariño and his friends, whose names should surely be reviled by every
true patriot in Venezuela, made the succeeding chaos inevitable, and it
may be doubted if the spirit which revealed itself in the election of
Vargas in 1834 attained such prominence again until the time of the Matos
revolution, which was an attempt (in 1902) of the people of Venezuela to
do away with the military power by defeating it on its own ground. That
revolt failed, but it is noteworthy that the supporters of the present
régime were prominent among its leaders.
Whether with the growing dislike for military dictatorships there has
come the equally necessary love of justice and straight dealing, and
real hatred of political jobbery, time alone will show. High hopes have
been fostered by the speeches of General Gomez for the greater stability
and responsibility of the Governments of the republic, and it remains
for the people of Venezuela to see that these hopes are realised. Just
and honest government is the first need of the country; given those
conditions, its development should, indeed must, be rapid.
Such a Government should divert the revenue of the country from the
private pockets, into which too much of it has hitherto gone, to such
beneficent ends as the improvement of ways of communication, the cause of
popular education, and the establishment of an efficient consular service
abroad.
Real roads, with macadam surface, would cause modern methods of transport
to supersede the antique pack-mule method, and railways would follow
without direct Government intervention. A system of free popular
education is in existence, on paper, but in reality the overwhelming
majority of Venezuelans are as yet absolutely illiterate; yet the
individuals are far from dull, and increased learning will doubtless,
ere long, leave no chance of return for the rule of inefficiency and
disorder. The consular service is already being improved, and it is to be
hoped that the effect on foreign commerce will soon be felt for good.
From a geographical point of view Great Britain should be more interested
in Venezuela than in any other South American republic. Not only is it
almost the nearest part of that continent to our shores, but in British
Guiana, Trinidad, Tobago, and Barbados, to say nothing of other West
Indian islands, we are her next-door neighbours. In spite of these facts
the amount of British capital in Venezuela is only some £8,000,000
sterling as compared with £44,000,000 in Uruguay; we are a very poor
third in the list of her customers, the next highest, France, buying
four times as much as ourselves, and the United States nearly six times.
As far as the amount of capital invested is concerned, the comparative
stability of the various countries may be urged as a reason, but
there seems no reason why we should not foster trade in Venezuela by
purchasing more of those of her many products which we need, and since a
large proportion of these would be shipped through Trinidad, it might be
urged that we should thereby strengthen one of the islands of the Empire.
The future of Venezuela depends primarily on her own people, who will
have to rouse themselves to develop in a conscientious and painstaking
manner the many resources of their country; but it is certain that in the
task which lies before them they will need and obtain the assistance of
foreign capital and advice, and in this, if British enterprise is alive
to a great opportunity, we, as a nation, should bear no small part.
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A
POPULATION OF STATES AND DISTRICTS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1909
ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1891
State. District. Capital. Population.
=ANZOÁTEGUI= =Barcelona= =134,064=
Aragua Aragua 36,802
Bolivar Barcelona 26,235
Bruzual Clarines 12,467
Cagigal Onoto 10,811
Freites Cantaura 16,665
Independencia Soledad 4,092
Libertad San Mateo 7,200
Miranda Pariaguán 5,222
Peñalver Píritu 8,773
Tadeo Monágas Mapire 5,797
=APURE= =San Fernando= =22,937=
Achaguas Achaguas 4,746
Muñoz Bruzual 1,848
San Fernando San Fernando 12,186
Páez Guasdualito 4,157
=ARAGUA= =La Victoria= =94,994=
Girardot Maracay 9,505
Mariño Turmero 13,235
Ricaurte La Victoria 25,712
San Casimiro San Casimiro 9,405
San Sebastian San Sebastian 5,292
Urdaneta Camatagua 9,533
Zamora Villa de Cura 22,312
=BOLIVAR= =Ciudad Bolivar= =55,744=
Cedeño Caicara 3,847
Heres Ciudad Bolivar 21,582
Roscio Guasipati 12,391
Sucre Moitaco 7,923
Piar Upata 10,001
=CARABOBO= =Valencia= =169,313=
Bejuma Bejuma 18,282
Guacara Guacara 15,362
Montalbán Montalbán 17,469
Ocumare de la Costa Ocumare 4,157
Puerto Cabello Puerto Cabello 18,489
Valencia Valencia 95,554
=COJEDES= =San Carlos= =87,935=
Anzoátegui Cojedes 3,697
Falcón Tinaquillo 15,964
Girardot El Baúl 9,108
Pao Pao de San Juan Bautista 20,907
Ricaurte Libertad 9,248
San Carlos San Carlos 17,963
Tinaco Tinaco 11,048
=FALCÓN= =Coro= =139,110=
Acosta San Juan 7,910
Buchivacoa } Capatárida } 18,898
Jurado } Urumaco }
Colina La Vela 9,655
Democracia Pedregal 13,176
Falcón Pueblo Nuevo 19,590
Federación Churuguara 10,622
Miranda Coro 19,686
Bolivar } San Luis } 19,438
Petit } Cabure }
Silva Tucacas 3,943
Zamora Cumarebo 16,192
=GUÁRICO= =Calabozo= =183,930=
Bruzual El Sombrero 21,189
Infante Valle de la Pascu 21,564
Miranda Calabozo 25,860
Monágas Altagracia de Orituco 31,297
Roscio Ortiz 27,072
Zaraza Zaraza 56,948
=LARA= =Barquisimeto= =189,624=
Barquisimeto Barquisimeto 41,321
Cabudare Cabudare 16,938
Crespo Duaca 12,868
Quíbor Quíbor 20,273
Tocuyo Tocuyo 41,559
Torres Carora 40,140
Urdaneta Siquisique 16,525
=MÉRIDA= =Mérida= =88,522=
Campoelías Egido 12,457
Libertador Mérida 29,437[7]
Miranda Timotes 6,601
Rangel Mucuchíes 4,783
Rivas Davila Bailadores 6,875
Sucre Lagunillas 13,166
Torondoy Torondoy 1,595
Tovar Tovar 13,608
=MIRANDA= =Ocumare del Tuy= =141,446=
Acevedo Caucagua 16,776
Brión Higuerote 7,963
Guaicaipuro Los Teques 25,414
Lander Ocumare del Tuy 13,305
Páez Rio Chico 18,621
Paz Castillo Santa Lucia 13,673
Plaza Guarenas 6,817
Sucre Petare 17,964
Urdaneta Cúa 12,509
Zamora Guatire 8,404
=MONÁGAS= =Maturín= =74,503=
Acosta San Antonio 8,829
Cedeño Caicara 21,852
Monágas Maturín 25,874
Piar Aragua de Maturín 14,144
Sotillo Uracoa 3,804
=NUEVA ESPARTA= =La Asunción= =40,197=
Arismendi La Asunción 6,266
Diaz San Juan Bautista 8,705
Gomez San Ana 9,080
Maneiro Pampatar 5,144
Marcano Juan Griego 5,309
Mariño Porlamar 5,693
=PORTUGUESA= =Guanare= =96,045=
Acarigua Acarigua 11,871
Araure Araure 12,463
Esteller Píritu 8,450
Guanare Guanare 30,008
Guanarito Guanarito 10,432
Obispo Ospino 12,233
Turén Villa Bruzual 10,588
=SUCRE= =Cumaná= =92,030=
Arismendi Rio Caribe 11,268
Benítez El Pilar 12,889
Bermudez Carúpano 17,500
Mariño Cristobal Colón 8,777
Mejías Marigüitar 5,402
Montes Cumanacoa 8,133
Rivero Cariaco 7,396
Sucre Cumaná 20,665
=TÁCHIRA= =San Cristobal= =101,709=
Ayacucho San Juan de Colón 8,041
Bolivar San Antonio 8,195
Cárdenas Táriba 12,882
Capacho Independencia 9,091
Junín Rubio 12,229
Jauregui La Grita 18,804
Lobatera Lobatera 5,143
San Cristobal San Cristobal 19,504
Uribante Pregonero 7,820
=TRUJILLO= =Trujillo= =146,585=
Betijoque Betijoque 14,529
Boconó Boconó 33,289
Carache Carache 33,845
Escuque Escuque 12,696
Trujillo Trujillo 26,095
Urdaneta La Quebrada 12,698
Valera Valera 13,433
=YARACUY= =San Felipe= =85,844=
Bruzual Chivacoa 8,134
Nirgua Nirgua 28,708
San Felipe San Felipe 17,959
Sucre } Guama } 11,838
Bolivar } Aroa }
Urachiche Urachiche 6,110
Yaritagua Yaritagua 13,095
=ZAMORA= =Barinas= =62,696=
Arismendi Arismendi 6,929
Barinas Barinas 9,157
Bolivar Barinitas 7,146
Obispos Obispos 10,481
Pedraza Ciudad Bolivia 7,579
Rojas Libertad 10,430
Sosa Nutrias 10,974
=ZULIA= =Maracaibo= =150,776=
Bolivar Santa Rita 6,598
Colón San Carlos del Zulia 7,161
Mara San Rafael 5,538
Maracaibo Maracaibo 37,551
Miranda Altagracia 7,020
Páez Sinamaica 68,707
Perija Libertad 5,512
Sucre Bobure 5,529[8]
Urdaneta Concepción 7,160
=DISTRITO FEDERAL= =Carácas= =113,204=
=TERRITORIO AMAZONAS= =San Fernando de Atabapo= =45,097=
=TERRITORIO DELTA-AMACURO= =Tucupita= =7,222=
APPENDIX B
TRADE OF VENEZUELA, 1909-10
(Compiled from the _Estadística Mercantil y Marítima_, Carácas)
IMPORTS (BY CLASSES).
£ (at 25·25).
I. Textiles 821,619
II. Foodstuffs 444,142
III. Hardware 341,942
IV. Machinery 65,091
V. Other oils (and stearin) 58,612
VI. Mineral oils 34,198
VII. Building materials and labour 15,187
VIII. Cement 12,816
IX. Coal 11,244
X. Railway materials 5,791
XI. Electrical apparatus 1,938
XII. General merchandise 430,620
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Total 2,243,200
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IMPORTS (BY COUNTRIES).[9]
£ (at 25·25).
United States 730,560
Great Britain 589,700
Germany 422,234
Holland 153,725
France 148,930
Spain 109,173
Italy 58,953
Trinidad 13,821
Belgium 12,110
Austria 1,647
Curaçao 1,183
Other countries 1,164
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Total 2,243,200
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EXPORTS (BY PRODUCTS).
£ (at 25·25).
Coffee 1,469,476
Cocoa 689,954
Rubber (caoutchouc, sernambi, and balatá) 557,127
Hides (oxen, goats, and others) 320,571
Gold 65,738
Egret plumes 50,459
Cattle 40,374
Asphalt 36,598
Dye woods and tanning barks 23,101
Pearls 20,941
Sugar 20,080
Timber 16,215
Tonka-beans 7,792
Tobacco 5,737
Hellebore 2,806
Alpargatas (sandals) 2,570
Fish-bladders 2,383
Coco-palm products 2,361
Cotton 2,291
Horns 2,031
Tortoise-shell, mother-of-pearl, &c. 1,642
Fruit 600
Quinine 492
Arrowroot 221
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Total 3,363,370
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IMPORTS (CLASSES AND COUNTRIES).
-----------------------------------+--------+---------+--------+---------+
|Austria.|Barbados.|Belgium.|Colombia.|
-----------------------------------+--------+---------+--------+---------+
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
I. Textiles | | 120 | 1,050 | |
II. Foodstuffs | 1,647 | | 270 | |
III. Hardware | | | 1,513 | |
IV. Machinery | | | 156 | |
V. Other oils (and stearin) | | | 3,667 | |
VI. Mineral oils | | | 3 | |
VII. Building materials and lumber| | 11 | | |
VIII. Cement | | | 58 | |
IX. Coal | | | | |
X. Railway materials | | | | |
XI. Electrical apparatus | | | | |
XII. General merchandise | | 5 | 5,393 | 99 |
-----------------------------------+--------+---------+--------+---------+
Totals | 1,647 | 136 | 12,110 | 99 |
-----------------------------------+--------+---------+--------+---------+
-----------------------------------+-----+--------+--------+-------+
|Cuba.|Curaçao.|Ecuador.|France.|
-----------------------------------+-----+--------+--------+-------+
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
I. Textiles | | 92 | 99 | 37,635|
II. Foodstuffs | | 11 | | 33,912|
III. Hardware | | 2 | | 11,087|
IV. Machinery | | 614 | | 273|
V. Other oils (and stearin) | | | | 1,831|
VI. Mineral oils | | | | |
VII. Building materials and lumber| | | | 337|
VIII. Cement | | 19 | | 33|
IX. Coal | | 4 | | |
X. Railway materials | | | | |
XI. Electrical apparatus | | | | 4|
XII. General merchandise | 571 | 441 | | 63,818|
-----------------------------------+-----+--------+--------+-------+
Totals | 571 | 1,183 | 99 |148,930|
-----------------------------------+-----+--------+--------+-------+
-----------------------------------+--------+--------+----------+-------+
|Germany.|Great | Holland. | Italy.|
| |Britain.| | |
-----------------------------------+--------+--------+----------+-------+
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
I. Textiles | 155,274|417,614 |54,397 | 29,748|
II. Foodstuffs | 99,120| 17,028 |29,606 | 10,909|
III. Hardware | 67,476| 43,514 | 7,581[10]| 1,831|
IV. Machinery | 8,880| 16,893 | 1,664 | 291|
V. Other oils (and stearin) | 2,752| 493 |35,558[11]| 4,741|
VI. Mineral oils | 204| 37 | 3 | |
VII. Building materials and lumber| 1,270| 3,983 | 206 | 178|
VIII. Cement | 3,843| 1,443 | 1,352 | |
IX. Coal | 1,366| 8,146 | 908 | |
X. Railway materials | 807| 1,100 | 528 | |
XI. Electrical apparatus | 115| 51 | | 243|
XII. General merchandise | 81,127| 79,398 |21,924 | 11,012|
-----------------------------------+--------+--------+----------+-------+
Totals | 422,234|589,700 |153,725 | 58,953|
-----------------------------------+--------+--------+----------+-------+
-----------------------------------+-----+---------+-------+---------+
|Porto|Portugal.| Spain.|Trinidad.|
|Rico.| | | |
-----------------------------------+-----+---------+-------+---------+
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
I. Textiles | | | 47,682| 193 |
II. Foodstuffs | | | 34,606| 2,673 |
III. Hardware | | | 1,601| 1,262 |
IV. Machinery | 139| | 3,343| 54 |
V. Other oils (and stearin) | | | 5,543| 242 |
VI. Mineral oils | | | | 1,062 |
VII. Building materials and lumber| | | | 456 |
VIII. Cement | | | | 2,988 |
IX. Coal | | | | |
X. Railway materials | | | | 297 |
XI. Electrical apparatus | | | | 19 |
XII. General merchandise | 47 | 73 | 16,398| 4,575 |
-----------------------------------+-----+---------+-------+---------+
Totals | 186 | 73 |109,173| 13,821 |
-----------------------------------+-----+---------+-------+---------+
-----------------------------------+----------
|United
|States.
-----------------------------------+----------
| £
I. Textiles | 77,715
II. Foodstuffs |214,360
III. Hardware |206,075[10]
IV. Machinery | 32,784
V. Other oils (and stearin) | 3,785
VI. Mineral oils | 32,889
VII. Building materials and lumber| 8,746
VIII. Cement | 3,080
IX. Coal | 820
X. Railway materials | 3,061
XI. Electrical apparatus | 1,506
XII. General merchandise |145,739
-----------------------------------+----------
Totals |730,560
-----------------------------------+----------
EXPORTS (BY PRODUCTS AND PORTS. VALUE IN £ AT 25·25).
---------------+----------+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+
|Alpargalas|Arrowroot.|Asphalt.|Cattle.| Cocoa.|Coco-palm|
|(sandals).| | | | |Products.|
---------------+----------+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
La Guaira | 1,887 | | | |334,415| |
Puerto Cabello | 582 | 16 | | 785 | 96,884| 594 |
Maracaibo | | 31 | 3,056 | | 10,892| 24 |
Ciudad Bolivar | | | |34,550 | 374| |
Carúpano | 47 | | | 27 |151,545| |
Pampatar | 54 | | | | | |
La Vela | | 174 | | 581 | | |
Guanta | | | | 2,865 | | |
Puerto Sucre | | | | | | |
Cristobal Colón| | | 270 | 1,566 | 91,070| 1,743 |
Caño Colorado | | |33,272 | | 4,774| |
---------------+----------+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+
Totals | 2,570 | 221 |36,598 |40,374 |689,954| 2,361 |
---------------+----------+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+
---------------+---------+---------+-------+-------+----------------+
| Coffee. |Copaiba— |Copper.|Cotton.|DYES AND TANNING|
| |Balsam | | | MATERIALS. |
| |and Oil. | | +------+---------+
| | | | |Barks.|Divisive.|
---------------+---------+---------+-------+-------+------+---------+
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
La Guaira | 244,836| | 654 | 459 | | |
Puerto Cabello | 441,161| | 7,019 | 605 | | 1,144 |
Maracaibo | 751,779| 7,197 | | 427 | 1,884| 14,621 |
Ciudad Bolivar | 1,664| 2,041 | | | 36| |
Carúpano | 5,556| | 31 | | | 27 |
Pampatar | 299| | 61 | | | 487 |
La Vela | 2,127| | 16 | 12 | | 4,134 |
Guanta | 950| | | 556 | | 185 |
Puerto Sucre | 19,610| | | | | 444 |
Cristobal Colón| 1,482| | | | 71| 68 |
Caño Colorado | 12| 85 | 11 | 232 | | |
---------------+---------+---------+-------+-------+------+---------+
Totals |1,469,476| 9,323 | 7,792 | 2,291 | 1,991| 21,110 |
---------------+---------+---------+-------+-------+------+---------+
---------------+-------+---------+------+------+----------+
|Egrets’| Fish |Fruit.| Gold.|Hellebore.|
|Plumes.|Bladders.| | | |
---------------+-------+---------+------+------+----------+
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
La Guaira | 77| | | 674| 2,806 |
Puerto Cabello | 677| 19 | 335 | 317| |
Maracaibo | | 2,346 | | | |
Ciudad Bolivar | 49,705| | |64,747| |
Carúpano | | | | | |
Pampatar | | | | | |
La Vela | | | | | |
Guanta | | | | | |
Puerto Sucre | | | | | |
Cristobal Colón| | | 265 | | |
Caño Colorado | | | | | |
---------------+-------+---------+------+------+----------+
Totals | 50,459| 2,383 | 600 |65,738| 2,806 |
---------------+-------+---------+------+------+----------+
---------------+------------------------+------+-------+--------+
| HIDES. | | | |
+-------+-------+--------+ | |Quinine-|
|Goats’.| Oxen. | Others,|Horns.|Pearls.| bark. |
| | |chiefly | | | |
| | | Deer. | | | |
---------------+-------+-------+--------+------+-------+--------+
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
La Guaira | 2,900| 45,355| 3,990 | 653| 11,889| 188 |
Puerto Cabello | 26,622| 26,035| 3,469 | 1,052| | 279 |
Maracaibo | 8,063| 30,459| 296 | | | 25 |
Ciudad Bolivar | 73|126,245| 3,797 | 197| | |
Carúpano | 94| 1,053| | | 4,305| |
Pampatar | 459| 139| | | 4,752| |
La Vela | 34,681| | | | | |
Guanta | 305| 883| 104 | 112| | |
Puerto Sucre | 684| 2,029| 45 | | | |
Cristobal Colón| 87| 464| | | | |
Caño Colorado | | 2,049| 191 | 17 | | |
---------------+-------+-------+--------+------+-------+--------+
Totals | 73,968|234,711| 11,892 | 2,031| 20,941| 492 |
---------------+-------+-------+--------+------+-------+--------+
---------------+-----------------------------+-------+------+-------+
| RUBBER. | | | |
+-----------+---------+-------+Shells.|Sugar.|Timber.|
|Caoutchouc.|Sernambi.|Balatá.| | | |
---------------+-----------+---------+-------+-------+------+-------+
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
La Guaira | | | 820| 133 | 7,879| 79|
Puerto Cabello | 1,787 | | | 11 | 1,443| 392|
Maracaibo | 3,230 | | | |10,233| 15,044|
Ciudad Bolivar | 116,305 | 32,089 |401,093| | | |
Carúpano | | | 239| | | 149|
Pampatar | | | | 1,498 | | 92|
La Vela | | | | | 525| |
Guanta | | | | | | 19|
Puerto Sucre | | | 126| | | |
Cristobal Colón| | | 539| | | 440|
Caño Colorado | | | 899| | | |
---------------+-----------+---------+-------+-------+------+-------+
Totals | 121,322 | 32,089 |403,716| 1,642 |20,080| 16,215|
---------------+-----------+---------+-------+-------+------+-------+
---------------+--------+-----------
| |Tonka-beans
|Tobacco.|(Sarrapia).
---------------+--------+-----------
| £ | £
La Guaira | 562 |
Puerto Cabello | | 58
Maracaibo | |
Ciudad Bolivar | 1,676 | 12,429
Carúpano | |
Pampatar | |
La Vela | |
Guanta | |
Puerto Sucre | |
Cristobal Colón| 11 |
Caño Colorado | 3,488 |
---------------+--------+-----------
Totals | 5,737 | 12,487
---------------+--------+-----------
APPENDIX C
POPULATION, ALTITUDE, MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURE AND DEATH-RATE OF PRINCIPAL
VENEZUELAN CITIES
(From the _Anuario Estadístico_, 1908, and the data for the military map,
1909)
-----------------------+-----------+---------+------------+------------
|Population.| |Mean Annual |Death Rate
City. | Census of |Altitude,|Temperature,| 1908, per
| 1891. |in Feet. | Degrees | 1,000
| | |Fahrenheit. |Inhabitants.
-----------------------+-----------+---------+------------+------------
(_a_) COAST TOWNS.
Maracaibo | 34,740 | 20 | 86 | 36·5
Barcelona | 14,089 | 43 | 81·5 | 15·8
Puerto Cabello | 13,176 | 10 | 81 | 42·0
Cumaná | 11,471 | 23 | 80·5 | 19·7
Carúpano | 10,897 | 26 | 81 | 25·9
Coro | 10,161 | 53 | 81 | 31·6
La Guaira | 8,512 | 26 | 84·5 | 33·1
La Asunción | 3,160 | 356 | 79 | 27·3
(_b_) CORDILLERAS AND GUAYANA HIGHLANDS.
Carácas | 72,429 | 3,036 | 66·5 | 34·4
Valencia | 54,387 | 1,577 | 80 | 24·5
Barquisimeto | 27,069 | 1,868 | 78 | 35·1
San Cristobal | 16,797 | 2,722 | 70·5 | 19·6
Villa de Cura | 15,792 | 1,835 | 75·5 | 27·6
La Victoria | 14,109 | 1,782 | 74 | 29·6
Mérida | 13,366 | 5,415 | 64·5 | 29·9
Boconó | 13,233 | 4,336 | 65 | 32·9
San Felipe | 10,817 | 808 | 80 | 33·9
Trujillo | 10,481 | 2,640 | 72 | 26·3
Ocumare del Tuy | 7,745 | 693 | 79 | 60·2
Los Teques | 6,916 | 3,864 | 68 | 40·6
Guasipati | 3,052 | ? | 86 | 14·3
(_c_) LLANOS AND ORINOCO VALLEY.
Ciudad Bolivar | 17,535 | 125 | 86·5 | 23·8
Maturín | 15,624 | 244 | 80·5 | 11·7
Aragua de Barcelona | 15,680[12]| 363 | 82 | 21·4
San Carlos | 10,159[12]| 495 | 83 | 47·4
Guanare | 9,051 | 636 | 83·5 | 9·3
Calabozo | 8,159 | 330 | 88·5 | 25·1
San Fernando de Apure | 6,695 | 240 | 91 | 26·8
Barinas | 5,354 | 594 | 82 | 14·2
Tucupita | 823 | ? | ? | ?
San Fernando de Atabapo| 388 | ? | ? | ?
-----------------------+-----------+---------+------------+------------
HEIGHTS OF PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS.
------------------------+---------------------------------+------------
Range. | Peak. | Height, in
| | Feet.
------------------------+---------------------------------+------------
Sierra Nevada of Mérida | La Columna | 16,523
| La Concha | 16,087
| La Corona | 15,609
| El Leon | 15,490
| El Toro | 15,490
Cordillera of the Andes | El Salado | 13,949
(outer range) | Los Conejos | 13,761
Cordillera of the Coast | Naiguatá | 9,124
| Silla de Carácas (eastern peak) | 8,702
Interior Range | Turumiquiri | 6,761
------------------------+---------------------------------+------------
APPENDIX D
GOVERNMENT FINANCE, 1908-9
(From the _Anuario Estadístico_, 1908)
REVENUE 1908-9.
£ £
Taxes on foreign trade:—
Import duties 1,152,105
Export duty (live cattle) 3,371
Sundry port dues 20,204
Storage and warehousing 655
Consular fees 2,118
Other minor imposts 1,310 1,179,763
---------
Internal taxation payable throughout the
Federation:—
Sale of stamps[13] 109,048
Stamped paper 5,134
Tax on mining properties 4,895
Tax on alcohol and tobacco 112,767
Tax on cigarettes, &c. 85,833
Tax on matches 10,335
Trademark and patent dues 160 328,172
---------
Taxes payable in the Federal district and
territories:—
12% duty in territories 220,501
Public registry of property 3,097
Direct and local taxes in territories 876 224,474
---------
Public services:—
Telegraphs and cables 10,566
Other Government enterprises 2,314 12,880
---------
Revenue from national estate:—
National lands 632
Salt-pans 202,744
Pearl fisheries 494 203,870
---------
Minor sources of revenue:—
Returns on sundry capital, securities,
rights, &c. 15,622
Other minor sources 31,660 47,282
--------- ---------
Total 1,996,441
---------
EXPENDITURE 1908-9.
£ £
Ministry of the Interior:—
Legislature 17,593
Ecclesiastical subsidy 7,264
Public health 2,577
Prisons 7,633
Subsidies to States 224,074
Charities 13,349
General 28,146 310,636
---------
Ministry of Foreign Affairs:—
Consular Service 2,404
Legations and general 141,279 143,683
---------
Ministry of Finance and Public Credit:—
Administrative Services 193,475
Diplomatic claims of 1903 126,404
Other branches of National Debt 261,667 581,546
---------
Ministry of War and Marine:—
Army 259,003
Navy 22,003
Dockyard 24,699
Military map of Venezuela 4,566
General 50,661 360,932
---------
Ministry of Public Instruction:—
Higher Education 28,465
Elementary Education 55,561
General 33,247 117,273
---------
Ministry of National Development:—
Post Office 33,602
Telegraphs 80,847
General 8,634 123,183
---------
Ministry of Public Works 78,928
“Emergencies” 171,693
---------
Total 1,887,874
---------
APPENDIX E
THE NATIONAL DEBT OF VENEZUELA
(Years 1906 to 1910)
------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+-------------
Branch. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910.
------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+-------------
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £
| | | | |
INTERNAL DEBT. | | | | |
| | | | |
Consolidated 3 | | | | |
per cent. | | | | |
stock[14] |1,299,448|2,175,210|2,354,300|2,389,668|2,399,309
Other |1,744,242| 551,240| 279,885| 165,784| 119,156
------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+-------------
Totals |3,043,690|2,726,050|2,634,185|2,555,452|2,518,465
------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+-------------
| | | | |
FOREIGN DEBT. | | | | |
| | | | |
National 3 per | | | | |
cent. bonds by | | | | |
diplomatic | | | | |
agreements | 483,169| 466,919| 453,295| 433,309| 417,414
Provisional | | | | |
(Spanish) | | | | |
certificates | 62| 62| 62| 62| 62
Diplomatic 3 per | | | | |
cent. debt |4,993,627|4,868,978|4,735,958|4,604,572|4,418,987[15]
Claims awarded | | | | |
by Hague | | | | |
Tribunal, 1903 | 883,799| 777,514| 647,344| 518,409| 359,562
------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+-------------
Totals |6,360,657|6,113,473|5,836,659|5,556,352|5,196,025
------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+-------------
FOOTNOTES
[1] This lake has recently been drained by an English syndicate, who
have already found some evidence which tends to show that the story is
substantially correct.
[2] “Another fourth part was discovered ... by Amerigo Vespucci:
wherefore I do not see why it should not be justly permissible to name
it after Amerigo the discoverer ... Amerigē, the land of Americus, or
America.”
[3] “MOST MAGNIFICENT SIR,—Among other papers of your worship’s found
in this city, there was a letter addressed to me, with more offers and
preambles than there are stars in the sky.”
[4] “Our Lord protect the most magnificent person of your worship,
“Your servant,
“LOPE DE AGUIRRE.”
[5] As usual, the second part of the original title was the name, or
supposed name, of the local Indians.
[6] The word Guacharo connotes crying or lamenting in Spanish.
[7] Includes the municipality of Independencia. _See_ =Zulia=.
[8] Does not include the municipality of Independencia. _See_ =Mérida=.
[9] Omitting _coal_ and _coined gold_, the totals for the four leading
countries are as follows: U.S.A., £585,953; Great Britain, £581,559;
Germany, £420,868; Holland, £152,501.
[10] Includes coined gold, £317 from Holland; £143,700 from U.S.A.
[11] Principally stearin.
[12] Very scattered.
[13] Includes postage stamps, for which allowance should be made under
“Public Services.”
[14] Created in 1906 and increased by conversion of other branches in
1907.
[15] Great Britain, Italy, and Germany were paid in full before 1908;
Belgium, France, Mexico, United States, Spain, Holland, Sweden, and
Norway are still creditors.
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS RELATING TO VENEZUELA
I. GENERAL
1. =Appun, C. F.= Unter den Tropen. Bd. i. _Jena_, 1871.
2. =Bénard, C.= Le Vénézuéla. Pp. 106, map. _Bordeaux_, 1897.
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5. =Brown, G. M. L.= Three old Ports on the Spanish Main. _Nat. Geogr.
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7. =Bürger, O.= Reisen eines Naturforschers in tröpischen Südamerika. Pp.
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68. =Anon.= 6. Ministerio de Fomento. Direccion general de Estadística.
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70. =⸺.= 8. British Foreign Office Consular Reports, Annual Series
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II. GEOGRAPHICAL.
71. =Aguerrevere, F., &c.= Trabajos del Cuerpo de Ingenieros encargado
del levantamiento del Plano Militar de Venezuela. 4to. _Carácas_, 1908.
72. =Berthelot, S.= Sur les travaux géographiques et statistiques
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statistiques exécutés dans la république de Vénézuéla, d’aprés les ordres
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[1841].
75. =Codazzi, A.= Atlas fisico y politico de la Republica de Venezuela.
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76. =⸺.= Rapport sur les travaux géographiques, &c., dans le Vénézuéla.
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84. =Level, A. A.= Nomenclator de Venezuela, contentivo de su censo en
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=Rosa, R.= _See_ =Eastwick, E. B.= (No. 21).
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87. =⸺.= Die Grenzen Venezuelas, _Globus_, bd. lxix, pp. 53-5. map [1896].
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89. =Tejera, M.= Mapa Fisico y Politico de Venezuela. 4 sheets, _Paris_,
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_See also_ Nos. 79, 119, 120, 366, 367.
III. GEOLOGICAL.
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96. =Attwood, G.= A Contribution to South American Geology. _Quart.
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[1911].
98. =Bonssingault=,—. Les Sources Thermales de la Chaîne du littoral du
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100. =Cortese, E.= Escursioni geologiche al Venezuela. _Boll. Soc. Geol.
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101. =Drevermann, Fr.= Ueber Untersilur in Venezuela. _N. Jahrb._, 1904,
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102. =Foster, C. Le Neve.= On the Caratal Goldfield. _Quart. Journ. Geol.
Soc._, vol. xxv, pp. 336-43 [1869].
103. =Gerhardt, K.= Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Kreideformation in
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104. =Humboldt, F. H. A. v.= Esquisse d’un Tableau Géologique de
l’Amérique méridionale. _Journ. Phys._, t. liii, pp. 30-59 [1801].
105. =⸺.= Account of the Earthquake which destroyed the Town of Carácas on
the 26th March, 1812. _Edinb. Phil. Journ._, vol. i, pp. 272-80 [1819].
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Venezuela.] _Ber. Acad. Wiss. Berlin_, 1849, pp. 197-200.
107. =⸺.= [On Neocomian Rocks near Trujillo.] _Ibid._, pp. 370-6.
108. =⸺.= [Tertiary and Cretaceous in Cumaná and Barcelona.] _Zeitschr.
deutsch. geol. Ges._, bd. ii, pp. 86-8 [1850].
109. =⸺.= Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Gesteine des nördlichen Venezuela.
_Ibid._, pp. 345-61.
110. =⸺.= Ueber die geognostische Verhältnisse des nördlichen Venezuela.
_Archiv. Min. Geogn._, bd. xxiv, pp. 440-79 [1851].
111. =⸺.= Geognostische Bemerkungen über die Umgebungen von Maracaibo und
über die Nordküste von Neu Granada. _Ibid._, bd. xxv, pp. 567-73 [1853].
112. =Karsten, H.= Reise-notizen über die Provinz Cumaná in Venezuela.
_Westermann’s Monatshefte_, 1859.
113. =⸺.= Die geognostische Beschaffenheit der Gebirge der Provinz Carácas.
_Zeitschr. deutsch. geol. Ges._, bd. xiv, pp. 282-7 [1862].
114. =⸺.= Geologie de l’ancienne Colombie Bolivarienne. Pp. 62, map, 4to.
_Berlin_, 1886.
115. =Lorié, J.= Fossile Mollusken von Curaçao, Aruba und der Küste von
Venezuela. _Samml. geol. Reichs-Mus. Leyden_, sér. 2, bd. i, pp. 111-49,
[1887].
116. =Salomon, W.= Ueber angebliches Untersilur in Venezuela. _Monatsb.
deutsch. geol. Ges._, 1909, pp. 193. [Shows that specimens described by
Drevermann (No. 101) were bought in U.S.A. and not from Venezuela.]
117. =Sievers, W.= Das Erdbeben vom 26 März, 1812, an den Nordküste
Südamerikas. _Mitt. Geogr. Ges. Hamburg_, pp. 265-71.
118. =⸺.= Reiseberichte aus Venezuela. _Ibid._, pp. 272-87; 1885-6, pp.
1-133.
119. =⸺.= Venezuela. Pp. viii, 359. _Hamburg_, 1888.
120. =⸺.= Karten zur physikalischen Geographie von Venezuela. _Petermann’s
Mitt._, bd. xlii, pp. 149-55, 197-201, 3 maps, 1: 3,000,000 [1896].
121. =⸺.= Das Erdbeben in Venezuela von 26 Okt., 1900. _Jahrb. Veroffnet.
Geogr. Ver. Bonn_, 1905, pp. 35-50.
122. =Stevens, R. P.= [Geology and Mineralogy of Venezuela.] _Proc. Ac.
Nat. Sci. Philadelphia_, 1868, pp. 303, 304.
123. =Tate, R.= Notes on the Geology of Guyana, in Venezuela. _Quart.
Journ. Geol. Soc._, vol. xxv, pp. 343-50 [1869].
_See also_ Nos. 314, 319, 320, 342.
IV. BOTANICAL AND ZOOLOGICAL.
124. =Appun, K. F.= Beiträge zur Insecten-Fauna von Venezuela und
Britisch Guyana. _Ausland_, bd. xlv, pp. 41-7, 67-70 [1872].
125. =Bellermann, P.= Landschaft- und Vegetations-Bilder aus den Tropen
Südamerika’s nach der Natur Gezeichnet. _Berlin_, 1894. [Text by
=Karsten=.]
126. =Berlepsch, H. v.= and =E. Hartert=. On the Birds of the Orinoco
Region. _Novitates Zoologicae_, vol. ix, 1902.
=Bonpland, A.= _See_ =Humboldt, F. H. A. v.=
127. =Braun, A.= Uebersicht der Characeen aus Colombien und Guyana.
_Monatsb. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss._, 1858, pp. 354-67.
128. =Dozy, F.= Prodromus floræ bryologicæ Surinamensis. Accedit pugillus
specierum novarum floræ bryologicæ Venezuelanæ. Pp. 54. _Düsseldorf_,
1854.
129. =Ernst, A.= On the Medicinal Plants of Carácas, Venezuela, and their
Venezuelan Names. _Journ. Botany_, vol. iii, pp. 143-50, 277-84, 306-22
[1865].
130. =⸺.= Plants growing in the Streets of Carácas. _Ibid._, pp. 322, 323
[1865].
131. =⸺.= Formas caracteristicas de la flora Venezolana. Las palmas. _El
Porvenir_, vol. i, no. 6; vol. ii, no. 7; vol. iii, no. 8 [1866].
132. =⸺.= List of Venezuelan Woods, with their Venezuelan Names and
Specific Gravity. _Journ. Botany_, vol. iv, pp. 359, 360 [1866].
133. =⸺.= On the Plants cultivated or naturalised in the Valley of Carácas,
and their Vernacular Names. _Ibid._, vol. v, pp. 264-75, 287-90 [1867].
134. =⸺.= On the Plants common to the Southern United States and Venezuela.
_Ibid._, pp. 290-6 [1867].
135. =⸺.= Los Helechos de la Flora Caracasana. _Vargasia_, 1868-9, pp.
100-103.
136. =⸺.= Plantas interesantes de la Flora Caracasana. _Ibid._, pp. 178-94.
137. =⸺.= Verzeichniss der auf den venezuelanischen Inselgruppe Los Roques
im Sept., 1871, beobachteten Pflanzen. _Botan. Zeit._, bd. xxx, pp.
539-41 [1872].
138. =⸺.= Sertulum Naiguatense.... _Journ. Botany_, vol. x, pp. 261-4
[1872].
139. =⸺.= Observationes aliquot in plantas nonnullas rariores vel novas
floræ Caracasanæ. _Flora_, vol. lvii, pp. 209-15 [1874].
140. =⸺.= Descriptive Catalogue of the Venezuelan Department at the
Philadelphia International Exhibition, 1876. Pp. 55. _Philadelphia_,
1879.
141. =Ernst, A.= Estudios sobre la flora y fauna de Venezuela. Pp. 330.
_Carácas_, 1877.
142. =⸺.= Florula Chelonesiaca. _Journ. Botany_, vol. xiv, pp. 176-9
[1876].
143. =⸺.= Vargas considerado como botanico. _Carácas_, 1877.
144. =⸺.= Enumeracion de las plantas mas notables que fueron observadas en
la excursion a Naiguatá. _Repertoria Caraqueño_, 1879, pp. 141-6.
145. =⸺.= On some Interesting Cases of Migration of Marine Fishes on the
Coast of Venezuela at Carúpano. _Nature_, vol. xxxiii, pp. 321, 322
[1886].
146. =⸺.= Eine botanische Excursion auf der Insel Margarita. _Nederl.
Kruidk. arch. Nijmegen_, bd. iv [1886].
147. =⸺.= La vegetacion de los Páramos de los Andes Venezolanes. _Bol.
Ministr. Obras. Publicas, Carácas_, 1892, pp. 159-63.
148. =⸺.= Sertulum Aturense.... _Rev. Cient. Univ. Central Venezuela_, t.
i, pp. 219-23 [1900].
149. =⸺.= Bibliographia. _Jena_, 1900.
=Gaillard, A.= _See_ =Patouillard, N.=
150. =Goebel, K.= Die Vegetation der venezolanischen Páramos.
_Pflanzenbiol. Schild._, 1889-93, pt. 2, no. 1. and _Marburg_, 1891.
151. =Goering, A.= Zur Thiergeographie Venezuelas. _Mitt. Ver. Erdk.
Leipzig_, 1876, pp. 14-24.
=Hartert, E.= _See_ =Berlepsch, H. v.=
152. =Humboldt, F. H. A. v.= and =A. Bonpland=. Plantæ æquinoctiales. 2
vols. _Paris_, 1808.
153. =⸺= and =C. S. Kunth=. Nova genera et species plantarum. 7 vols.
_Paris_, 1815-25. [Vol. 7 has lists of Venezuelan plants.]
154. =Jahn, A.= Las palmas de la flora venezolana. Pp. 126, 8vo.
_Carácas_, 1908.
155. =Johnston, J. R.= Flora of the Islands of Margarita and Coche,
Venezuela. _Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist._, vol. xxxiv, pp. 163-212, map
[1909].
156. =Karsten, H.= Auswahl neuer und blühender Gewächse Venezuelas. 4to.
_Berlin_, 1848.
157. =⸺.= Floræ Colombiæ terrarumque adjacentium specimina selecta....
_Berlin_, 1858-69.
=Kunth, G. S.= _See_ =Humboldt, F. H. A. v.=
158. =Loefling, P.= Reise nach den spanischen Ländern in Europa und
America in den Jahren 1751 bis 1756. Pp. 406. _Berlin_ and _Stralsund_,
1766.
159. =Loriol, P. de.= Note sur quelques espéces nouvelles appartenant à
la classe des Echinoderms. _Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Genève_, t. xxiv, pp.
659-73 [1876].
160. =Maury, P.= Enumération des plantes du Haut-Orénoque récoltées par
Mm. J. Chaffanjon et A. Gaillard. _Journ. Botanique_, t. iii, pp. 129,
157, 196, 209, 260, 166 [1889].
161. =Patouillard, N.= and =A. Gaillard=. Champignons du Vénézuéla et
principalement de la région du Haut-Orénoque, récoltées en 1887 par M. A.
Gaillard. _Bull. Soc. Mycol. France_, t. iii, pp. 7-46, 92-129 [1887].
162. =Ritter, C=. Ein Blick auf die Vegetation der Cordilleren in
Venezuela (über 12-13° N. Br.) aus handschriftlichen Mittheilungen der
Herrn. Berg. _Monatsb. Ges. Erdk. Berlin_, sér. 2, bd. viii, pp. 152-6
[1851].
_See also_ Nos. 51, 315, 317, 401.
V. HISTORICAL.
163. =Acosta, Joaquin.= Compendio historico del descubrimiento y
colonizacion de la Nueva Granada en el siglo decimo sexto. 8vo. _Paris_,
1848.
164. =Alcala, A. P. de.= Consectario de la ciudad de Cumaná. 1790.
165. =Altoguirre y Duvale, A. de.= Relaciones geograficas de la
Gobernacion de Venezuela (1767-8) con prologo y notas. _Madrid_, 1908.
166. =Anglerius, Petrus Martyr.= De rebus oceanicis et novo orbe
decades tres. _Basiliæ_, 1516 etc. _Coloniæ_, 1574. [Many editions and
translations.]
167. =Austin, J. B.= Venezuela’s Territorial Claims. _Bull. Geogr. Club
Philadelphia_, vol. ii, pp. 1-19 [1896].
168. =Baker, M.= The Anglo-Venezuelan Boundary Dispute. _Nat. Geogr.
Mag._, vol. xi, pp. 129-44, map [1900].
169. =Baralt, R. M.= and =R. Diaz.= Résumen de la Historia de Venezuela.
Tt. ii. Pp. 398, 370. _Paris_, 1841.
170. =Benzoni, G.= La historia del mondo nuevo. 8vo. _Venice_, 1565.
171. =Berthelot, S.= Analyse du premier volume de l’Histoire du
Vénézuéla. _Bull. Soc. Géogr. Paris_, sér. 2, t. xv, pp. 319-29 [1841].
172. =Blanco, E.= Venezuela heroica; cuadros historicos. 8vo. _Carácas_,
1881.
173. =Briceño, Manuel.= Los Ilustres. Paginas para la Historia de
Venezuela. Pp. 239, 8vo. _Bogotá_, 1884.
174. =Barney, J.= A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South
Sea or Pacific Ocean. 5 vols. 4to. _London_, 1803-17.
175. =Casas, B. de= las. Brevissima relacion de la destruycion de las
Indias.... 4to. _Seville_, 1552.
176. =Cassani, J.= Historia de la Provincia de la Compañía de Jesus del
Nuevo Reyno de Granada. Fol. _Madrid_, 1741.
177. =Castellanos, J. de.= Elegias de Varones ilustres de Indias.
_Madrid_, 1589.
178. =Caulin, A.= Historia coro-graphica, natural y evangelica de la
Nueva Andalusia. Provincias de Cumaná, Guayana y Vertiente del Rio
Orinoco. Pp. 482, map. _Madrid_, 1779, and 8vo. _Carácas_, 1841.
179. =Colón, Cristobal.= Relaciones y cartas de.... In _Biblioteca
Classica_, t. clxiv. _Madrid_, 1892.
180. =Daly, C. P.= Is the Monroe Doctrine involved in the Controversy
between Venezuela and Great Britain? _New York_, 1896.
181. =Davie, R.= The Victorious Voyage of Captaine Amyas Preston, now
Knight, and Captaine George Sommers to the West India, begun in March,
1595. In _Hakluyt’s Principal Navigations_ ... Hakluyt Society edition,
1904, vol. x, pp. 213-26.
182. =Diaz, J. D.= Recuerdos sobre la rebelion de Carácas. 4to. _Madrid_,
1829.
=Diaz, R.= _See_ =Baralt, R. M.=
183. =Ducoudray-Holstein, H. L. V.= Historia de Bolivar ... 2 t., 8vo.
_Paris_, 1831.
184. =Dudley, R.= [Voyage to Trinidad and the Coast of Paria.] _Hakluyt’s
Principal Navigations_, 1600, vol. iii, pp. 574-8.
185. =Esteller, A.= Catecismo de historia de Venezuela, desde su
descubrimiento hasta la muerte del Libertador. 8vo. _Carácas_, 1886, &c.
186. =Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes, G.= La historia general de los
Indias. Fo. _Seville_, 1535.
187. =Figueiras, G.= Une première occupation allemande au Vénézuéla (xviᵉ
siècle). _Questions Diplom. et Col._, t. xv, pp. 240-4 [1903].
188. =Flinter, G. D.= The History of the Revolution of Carácas ... with
a Description of the Llaneros or people of the Plains of South America.
8vo. _London_, 1819.
=Fortoul, J.= _See_ =Gil Fortoul, J.=
189. =Gaffarel, P.= Étude sur les rapports de l’Amérique et de l’ancien
continent avant Christophe Colomb. 8vo. _Paris_, 1869.
190. =Gil Fortoul, J.= Historia Constitucional de Venezuela. Tom i. Pp.
570. _Berlin_, 1907.
191. =Gilij, F. S.= Saggio di Storia Americana. 4 Tt. 8vo. _Rome_, 1780-4.
=Gomara, F. L. de.= _See_ =Lopez de Gomara, F.=
192. =Guinan, F. G.= Historia del Gobierno del Doctor J. P. Rojas Paul
... 1888 à 1890. Pp. 560. 8vo. _Valencia_, 1891.
193. =Gumilla, J.= El Orinoco illustrado y defendido. 4to. _Madrid_, 1745.
194. =Hassert, K.= Die Welserzüge in Venezuela. _Beiträge
Kolonial-politik_, bd. iii, pp. 297-317 [1902].
195. =Heilprin, A.= Notes on the Schomburgk Line and the Guayana
Boundary. _Bull. Géogr. Club Philadelphia_, vol. ii, pp. 20-30, map
[1896].
196. =Herrera Tordesillas, A. de.= Descripcion de los Indias
Occidentales. 8 Dec. Fo. _Madrid_, 1601-15.
197. =Hippisley, G.= A Narrative of the Expedition to the Rivers Orinoco
and Apure. Pp. 653. _London_, 1819.
198. =Humbert, J.= La première occupation allemande du Vénézuéla au xviᵉ
siècle, période dite des Welser (1528-56). _Journ. Soc. Americanistes_,
_Paris_, t. i, no. 3 [1904]. _See_ =Vincent, L.=
199. =Hylacomylus, M.= Cosmographiæ Introductio ... Insuper quatuor
Americi Vespucci navigationes. 4to. _St. Dié_, _Lorraine_, 1507.
200. =Keymis, L.= A Relation of the second Voyage to Guiana, performed
and written in the Year 1596. 4to. _London_, 1596.
201. =Klöden, K. v.= Die Welser in Augsburg als Besitzer von Venezuela
und die von ihnen veranlassten Expeditionen der Deutscher dahin.
_Zeitschr. Allgem. Erdk. Berlin_, bd. v, pp. 433-55 [1855].
202. =Laet, J. de.= Nieuvve Wereldt ofte Beschrijvinghe van
West-Indien.... Pp. 510, maps, fo. _Leyden_, 1625. Other editions in
Latin. Fo. _Leyden_, 1633, &c.
203. =Lameda, L.= and =M. Landaeta Rosales.= Historia militar y politica
del general Joaquin Crespo. 2 vols. Pp. xcii, 528; xlii, 528. 4to.
_Carácas_, 1897.
204. =Landaeta Rosales, M.= Gobiernos de Venezuela desde 1810 hasta 1905.
Pp. 115, 8vo. _Carácas_, 1905.
205. =Lopez de Gomara, F.= La Istoria de las Indias, y Conquista de
Mexico. 2 parts. Fo. _Zaragoza_, 1552.
206. =MacNutt, F. A.= Bartholomew de las Casas: his Life, his Apostolate,
and his Writings.... 8vo. _New York_ and _London_, 1909.
207. =Mendoza, L. Torres de.= Coleccion de Documentos ineditos ... del
archivo de Indias. 8vo. _Madrid_, 1864.
208. =Olavarria, D. A.= Estudios historico-politicos, 1810 à 1889. Pp.
289, 8vo. _Valencia_, 1894.
209. =Oviedo y Baños, J. de.= Historia de la conquista, y poblacion de la
provincia de Venezuela. Pt. I. Pp. 380, fo. _Madrid_, 1723.
=Oviedo y Valdes, G. F. de.= _See_ =Fernando de Oviedo y
Valdes, G.=
=Pacheco, J. F.= _See_ =Mendoza, L. T. de.=
210. =Páez, J. A.= Autobiografia. 2 vols., 8vo. _New York_, 1867-9.
211. =Pepper, E.= Apuntes para la historia contemporanea de Venezuela,
1892-4. Pp. 93, 8vo. _Curaçao_, 1895.
=Petrus Martyr d’Anghiera.= _See_ =Anglerius, P. M.=
212. =Raleigh, W.= The Discoverie of the large, rich and bewtiful Empyre
of Guiana, with a relation of the great and Golden Citie of Manoa (which
the Spaniards call El Dorado). Pp. 112, 4to. _London_, 1596.
213. =Rivero, J.= Historia de las Misiones de las Llanos de Casanare y
los rios Orinoco y Meta, escrita en el año de 1736. 8vo. _Bogotá_, 1883.
214. =Robinson, J. H.= Journal of an Expedition 1,400 miles up the
Orinoco and 300 up the Arauca. Pp. 397. _London_, 1822. [An absurd title,
the total length of the Orinoco being about 850 miles, and the portion
below the mouth of the Arauca only 360.—L.V.D.]
215. =Rodway, J.= The West Indies and the Spanish Main (Story of the
Nations Series). _London_, 1896.
216. =Rojas, A.= Estudios indigenas. Contribuciones a la historia antiqua
de Venezuela. 8vo. _Carácas_, 1888.
217. =⸺.= Primeras paginas de un libro de leyendas historicas de Venezuela.
8vo. _Carácas_. 1888.
218. =⸺.= Historia Patria. Leyendas historicas de Venezuela. 8vo.
_Carácas_, 1890.
219. =⸺.= Do. Estudios historicos. Origenes Venezolanos. 8vo. _Carácas_,
1891.
220. =Scruggs, W. L.= British Aggressions in Venezuela. _Atlanta, Ga._
Map. 1895.
221. =Simon, Pedro.= Primera Parte de las Noticias historiales de las
Conquistas de tierra firme en las Indias Occidentales. Pp. 671, fo.
_Cuenca_, 1627.
222. =Steinen, K. v. den.= Ausgrabungen am Valenciasee. _Globus_, bd.
lxxxvi, pp. 101-8 [1904].
223. =Strickland, J.= Documents and Maps on the Boundary Question between
Venezuela and British Guayana from the Capuchin Archives in Rome.
_London_, 1896.
224. =Tavera-Acosta, B.= Anales de Guayana, vol. i. _Ciudad Bolivar_,
1905.
225. =Tejera, F.= Manual de Historia de Venezuela. Ed. iii. Pp. 291.
_Carácas_, 1895.
226. =Tejera, M.= Compendio de la Historia de Venezuela. 12mo. _Paris_,
1875.
227. =Tello Mendoza, R.= Viaje del General Cipriano Castro ... al Centro,
sur y Oriente de Venezuela en Abril y Mayo de 1905. Pp. 427, 4to.
_Carácas_, 1905.
228. =⸺.= Complemento. [General Cipriano Castro.] Pp. 326, 8vo. _Carácas_,
1905.
229. =Tello Mendoza, R.= Documentos del General Cipriano Castro. 5 vols.
_Carácas_, 1906.
230. =Ulloa, A. de.= Noticias Americanas. 4to. _Madrid_, 1772.
231. =Vespucci, A.= _See_ =Hylacomylus, M.=
232. =Vincent, L.= and =J. Humbert=. Le Vénézuéla; période des Welser
(1528-46). _Bull. Soc. Géogr. Comm. Bordeaux_, t. xx, pp. 444-57 [1897]:
t. xxi, pp. 7-12 [1898].
=Waldsee Mueller, M.= _See_ =Hylacomylus, M.=
233. =Weinhold, M.= Ueber Nicolaus Federmann’s Reise in Venezuela,
1524-31. 3 _Jahresb. Ver. Erdk. Dresden_, 1867, Appendix, pp. 91-112,
maps.
234. =Yanes, F. J.= Historia de Venezuela. 1840.
235. =Anon.= _Cartas edificantes de la Compañía de Jesus_, t. xvi., p. 92
[1757].
236. =⸺.= Documentos para los anales de Venezuela desde el movimiento
separatista de la Union Colombiana hasta nuestros días. _Carácas_, 1889.
237. =⸺.= The United States of Venezuela in 1893. (World’s Columbian
Exposition at Chicago.) Pp. 149, map, 8vo. _New York_, 1893.
238. =⸺.= Brief submitted by Venezuela to the Commission appointed to
investigate and report upon the true Divisional Line between the Republic
of Venezuela and British Guiana. Pp. 28. _Washington._
239. =⸺.= U. S. Commission on Boundary between Venezuela and British
Guiana. Documents, &c. 8 vols. _Washington_, 1897.
_See also_ Nos. 293, 324, 325, 338, 343.
VI. ETHNOLOGICAL
240. =Appun, K. F.= Die Goajira-Indianer. _Ausland_, 1868, pp. 1220-22.
241. =Breton, R.= Dictionnaire Caraibe-Français. Tt. 2., 4to. _Auxerre_,
1665-6.
242. =⸺.= Grammaire Caraibe. 8vo. _Ibid._, 1667.
243. =Brinton, D. G.= The Dwarf Tribe of the Upper Amazon. _Washington_,
1898.
244. =Calcaño, J.= El Castellano en Venezuela. Estudio Crítica. 8vo.
_Carácas_, 1897.
245. =Costambert, E.= Coup d’Œil sur les productions et sur les peuplades
géophages et les autres populations des bords de l’Orénoque. _Bull. Soc.
Géogr. Paris_, sér. 5. t. i, pp. 205-20 [1861].
246. =D’Orbigny, A.= L’homme Américain (de l’Amérique méridionale). Tt.
2. _Paris_, 1839.
247. =Du Pouget, J. F. A.= L’Amérique préhistorique. 8vo. _Paris_, 1883.
248. =Engel, F.= Pfahlbauten in Venezuela. _Ausland_, 1865, pp. 254-8.
249. =⸺.= Die Goajiros. _Ibid._, pp. 798-802, 834-9.
250. =⸺.= Volksbilder aus Venezuela. _Ibid._, 1867, pp. 11-14.
251. =Ernst, A.= Anthropological Remarks on the Population of Venezuela.
_Mem. Anthrop. Soc._, vol. iii, pp. 274-87 [1870].
252. =⸺.= Ueber die Reste der Ureinwohner in den Gebirgen von Mérida.
_Zeitschr. Ethnol._, vol. xvii, p. 190 [1885].
253. =Garcia, G.= Origen de los Indios de el Nuevo Mundo, e Indias
occidentales. Pp. 525. _Valencia_, 1607.
254. =Goering, A.= A Visit to the Guajiro Indians of Maracaibo. _Illustr.
Travels H. W. Bates_, vol. ii, pp. 19-21 [1869].
255. =⸺.= Venezuelanische Alterthümer. _Mitt. Ver. Erdkunde Leipzig_, 1874,
pp. 21-3.
256. =⸺.= Bei den Chaymas-Indianern von Caripe. _Mitt. Ver. Erdk. Halle_,
1879, pp. 40-48.
257. =Hervas y Panduro, L.= Catalogo de las lenguas de las naciones
conocidas.... 6 vols. 4to. _Madrid_, 1800-1805.
258. =Level, A. A.= Informe sobre el estado actual de los Distritos de
reducción de indigenas Alto Orinoco, Central y Bajo Orinoco. _Carácas_,
1850.
259. =Lopez Borreguero, R.= Los Indios Caribes. 2 vols. 16mo. _Madrid_,
1875.
260. =Lugo, B. de.= Gramatica en la lengua general del Nuevo Reyno,
llamado Mosca. 8vo. _Madrid_, 1619.
261. =Marcano, G.= Ethnographie précolombienne de Vénézuéla. [Valleys of
Aragua and Carácas and Atures district.] _Mém. Soc. Athrop. Paris_, sér.
2, t. iv, pp. 1-86, 99-218 [1889-93].
262. =Marcano, G.= Ethnographie précolombienne du Vénézuéla. _Bull. Soc.
Anthrop. Paris_, sér 4, t. i, pp. 857-65, 883-95 [1890].
263. =⸺.= Ethnographie précolombienne du Vénézuéla. _Ibid._, t. ii, pp.
238-54 [1891].
264. =Morisot=, =⸺.= Notes ethnographiques recueillies dans le bassin de
l’Orénoque. _Bull. Soc. Anthrop. Lyon_, t. viii, pp. 115-20 [1890].
=Nadaillac, Marquis de.= _See_ =Du Pouget, J. F. A.=
265. =Orsi di Broglia di Mombella, G.= Sculture di Indigene del Alto
Orinoco. _Bull. Soc. Geogr. Ital._, ser. 3, t. iii, pp. 474-9 [1890].
266. =Plassard, L.= Les Guaraunos. _Bull. Soc. Géogr. Paris_, sér. 5, t.
xv, pp. 568-92 [1868].
267. =S— M. D. L.= Dictionnaire Galibi.... Précédé d’un essai de
grammaire. 8vo. _Paris_, 1763.
268. =Tauste, F. de.= Arte y Bocabulario de la Lengua de los Indios
Chaymas, Cumanagotos, Coros, Parias.... 4to. _Madrid_, 1680.
269. =Tavera Acosta, B.= En el Sur (dialectos indigenas de Venezuela).
_Ciudad Bolivar_, 1907.
270. =Anon.= Dr. Crevaux’ Besuch bei den Guaraunos im. Orinoko Delta.
_Globus_, bd. xliii, pp. 1-8 [1883].
_See also_ No. 313, 376.
VII. CARÁCAS AND THE “CENTRO.”
271. =Andral, —.= Trade of Carácas District for the Year 1899. _Foreign
Office Cons. Rep._, Ann. Ser., No. 2466 [1900].
272. =Appun, C. F.= and =L. Martin=. Beobachtungen auf ihrer Reise nach
Venezuela im December, 1848, und Januar, 1849. _Monatsb. Ges. Erdk.
Berlin_, ser. 2, bd. vi, pp. 123-30 [1849].
273. =Blume, —.= Die Verhältnisse von Venezuela und die dortige deutsche
Colonie Tovar nach neueren handschriftlichen Mitteilungen und eigner
Erfahrung. _Monatsb. Ges. Erdk. Berlin_, ser. 2, bd. x, pp. 111-27 [1853].
274. =Curtis, W. E. C.= The Capitals of Spanish America. 8vo. _New York_,
1888.
275. =Engel, F.= Die Küste von Carácas. _Zeitschr. Ges. Erdk. Berlin_,
bd. iv, pp. 404-29 [1869].
276. =⸺.= Carácas, die Hauptstadt von Venezuela. _Globus_, bd. xv, pp.
210-12, 234-6 [1869].
277. =Ernst, A.= Das Thal von Carácas in Venezuela. _Globus_, bd. xx, pp.
25-9, 43-6, 56-9 [1871].
278. =⸺.= Die Witterungsverhältnisse der Thäler von Carácas. _Zeitschr.
Ges. Erdk. Berlin_, bd. vii, pp. 248-58, map [1872].
279. =Fendler, A.= [Meteorology of Colonia Tovar.] _Smithson Rep._, 1857,
pp. 178-282 [1858].
280. =Fitzgerald, H. D.= Valencia (Vénézuéla). _Bull Soc. Géogr._ _Comm.
Bordeaux_, t. ii, pp. 417-24 [1879].
281. =Galli, A.= Del Discoprimiento di un Nuovo Baco da Seta nelle
vicinanze di Carácas. _Boll. Consol. Firenze_, t. v, pt. 2, pp. 343-8
[1868-9].
282. =Goering, A.= [Puerto Cabello to Valencia.] _Globus_, bd. xiv, pp.
281-3 [1868].
283. =Gronen, D.= Puerto Cabello. _Deutsche Rundschau_, bd. ix, pp. 123-6
[1887].
284. =Herzog, A.= Eine Besteigung der Silla de Carácas. _Globus_, bd.
lvi, pp. 277-81 [1889].
285. =Hesse-Wartegg, E. v.= Beobachtungen über den See von Tacarigua im
nördlichen Venezuela. _Petermann’s Mitt._, bd. xxxiv, pp. 321-31, map, 1:
420,000 [1888].
286. =Kiesselbach, W.= Von Bremen nach Carácas und der deutschen
Niederlassung Tovar in Venezuela. _Globus_, bd. ix, pp. 276-9 [1866].
=Martin, L.= _See_ =Appun, C. F.=
287. =Ritter, C.= Ein Tag in San Estevan. Geschildert von Herrn Carl
Appun. _Monatsb. Ges. Erdk. Berlin_, ser. 2, bd. vi, pp. 131-42 [1849].
288. =Rivera, A.= An Illustrated Guide to Carácas. _Philadelphia_, 1897.
289. =Spence, J. M.= Primera Ascension al Pico de Naiguatá. 8vo.
_Carácas_, 1872.
_See also_ Nos. 5, 13, 20, 21, 98, 105, 113, 119, 133, 222, 381, 382,
383, 387.
VIII. ZULIA.
290. =Delechaux, —.= Renseignements sur le port et sur la barre de
Maracaibo. _Ann. Hydrogr. Paris_, t. xiii, pp. 126-7 [1857].
291. =Eggers, H.= Die Asphalt-Quellen am See von Maracaibo. _Deutsche
Geogr. Blätter_, bd. xix, pp. 183-94 [1896].
292. =Engel, F.= Maracaibo. _Zeitschr. Ges. Erdk. Berlin_, bd. v, pp.
418-52 [1870].
293. =Humbert, J.= Un Gibraltar ignoré. _Bull. Soc. Géogr. Comm.
Bordeaux_, sér. 2, t. xxiv, pp. 109-12 [1901].
294. =Plümacher, O.= Maracaibo. _Ausland_, bd. lxi, pp. 781-5, 812-14,
836-9 [1888].
295. =Pocaterra, J. D.= Derrotero del Golfo de Venezuela ó saco de
Maracaibo. _New York_, 1864.
_See also_ Nos. 6, 111, 119, 248, 254, 393, 395.
IX. THE ANDES.
296. =Engel, F.= Eine Ersteigung der Sierra Nevada de Mérida in
Venezuela. _Globus_, bd. xv, pp. 278-81, 298-301, 330-32 [1869].
297. =⸺.= Auf der Sierra Nevada de Mérida. _Samml. gem. verstand. Wiss.
Vorträge_, n.f., bd. iii, no. 58. _Hamburg_, 1888.
298. =Goering, A.= Sierra Nevada von Mérida. _Mitt. Ver. Erdkunde
Leipzig_, 1875, pp. 101-5.
299. =⸺.= Vom tröpischen Tieflande zum ewigen Schnee. _Leipzig_, n.d.
[1895?].
300. =Guerrero, E. C.= El Táchira fisico, politico é ilustrado. Pp. 306.
8vo. _Carácas_, 1905.
301. =⸺.= El Táchira. _Bol. R. Soc. Geogr. Madrid_, t. xlviii, pp. 133-6
[1906].
302. =Sievers, W.= [Communication relative to his journey to the
Cordillera of Mérida.] _Mitt. Geogr. Ges. Hamburg_, 1884, pp. 339-45.
303. =⸺.= Ueber Schneeverhältnisse in der Cordillere Venezuela’s. _Jahresb.
Geogr. Ges. München_, 1885, pp. 54-7.
304. =⸺.= Bemerkungen zur Original Routenkarte der Venezolanische
Cordillere. _Mitt. Geogr. Ges. Hamburg_, 1885-6, pp. 309-16, map, 1:
1,000,000.
305. =Sievers, W.= Landschaftlicher Charakter der Anden Venezuelas.
_Globus_, bd. li. pp. 8-11, 26-9, 41-4 [1887].
306. =⸺.= Die Cordillere von Mérida nebst bemerkungen über das Karibische
Gebirge. _Geogr. Abhand._, bd. iii. Pp. 238, map [1888].
_See also_ Nos. 99, 107, 119, 147, 150, 162, 252.
X. FALCÓN, &c.
307. =Sievers, W.= Richard Ludwig’s Reisen auf Paraguana (Venezuela).
_Globus_, bd. lxxiii, pp. 303-9 [1898].
308. =⸺.= Die Inseln von der Nordküste von Venezuela. _Ibid._, bd. lxxiv,
pp. 163-5, 291-4, 302-7 [1898].
309. =⸺.= Richard Ludwig’s Reisen in Coro. _Ibid._, bd. lxxv, 177-10
[1899].
_See also_ Nos. 43, 106, 119, 137, 403, 404.
XI. THE “ORIENTE.”
310. =Ahrenburg, H.= Die Perlenfischerei auf der Insel Margarita. _Mem.
Geogr. Ges. Jena_, bd. xxv, pp. 37-9 [1907].
311. =Beebe, Mary B.= and =C. W.= Our Search for a Wilderness. _London_,
1910.
312. =Erbach-Erbach, E. Graf zu.= Im Delta des Orinoko. _Jahresb._ ix
_u._ x _Württemberg Ver. Handelsgeographie_, pp. 50-66 [1892].
313. =Ernst, A.= Bemerkungen über das Delta des Orinoco und die
Guaraunen. _Globus_, bd. xvii, pp. 316-18 [1870].
314. =Fostin, E.= Une plaine de bitume au Vénézuéla. _Compt. Rend. Soc.
Geogr. Paris_, 1895, pp. 221-4.
315. =Goering, A.= Ausflug nach den neuen Guacharo-höhlen in der
Venezolanischen Provinz Cumaná. _Globus_, bd. xiii, pp. 161-7 [1868].
316. =Hirzel, H.= Erdöl und Asphalt auf der Inseln Pedernales, Pesquero
und del Plata in Venezuela. _Chem. Rev. Fett. Harz. Ind._, bd. x, pp.
275-7 [1903].
317. =Humboldt, P. H. A. v.= Account of the Great Cavern of the Guacharo.
_Edinb. Phil. Journ._, vol. iii, pp. 83-92 [1820].
318. =Level, A. A.= Esbozos de Venezuela. I. Margarita. _Carácas_, 1881.
319. =Sievers, W.= Ein Schlammvulkan, Hervidero, in der Llanos von
Maturín. _Deutsche Rundschau Geogr._, bd. xx, pp. 394-8 [1898].
320. =Wall, G. P.= On the Geology of a Part of Venezuela and Trinidad.
_Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc._, vol. xvi, pp. 460-70 [1860].
321. =Anon.= Recollections of Cumaná. _Orient. Herald_, vol. xv, pp.
495-501 [1827].
322. =⸺.= Wanderungen an der Küste Venezuela’s. _Ausland_, 1865, pp.
745-51.
_See also_ Nos. 5, 21, 108, 146, 155, 164, 178, 256, 270, 386, 397.
XII. THE LLANOS.
323. =Bingham, H.= The Journal of an Expedition across Venezuela and
Colombia. 8vo. _New Haven_ and _London_, 1909.
324. =Carvajal, J. de.= Relacion del descubrimiento del Rio Apure hasta
su ingreso en el Orinoco.... MSS. Printed _Leon_, 1892.
325. =Cortes de Madariaga, J.= Diario y observaciones ... en su regreso
de Santafé a Carácas. 8vo. _Carácas_, 1832.
326. =Gagliardi, —.= Le condizioni delle colonie italiane nel Venezuela
e la miniera di Naricual. _Bol. Soc. Geogr. Ital._, sér. 4, t. vii, pp.
1251-3 [1906].
327. =Humboldt, F. H. A. v.= Ansichten der Natur.... 16mo. _Stuttgart_
and _Tübingen_, 1826.
328. =Páez, R.= Travels and Adventures in South and Central America. Life
on the Llanos. 8vo. _New York_, 1868.
329. =Anon.= Die Landschaft am Apurestrom in Venezuela. _Globus_, bd. v,
pp. 244-7 [1864].
_See also_ Nos. 34, 108, 188, 197, 213, 214.
XIII. BOLIVAR CITY AND STATE.
330. =André, E.= The Caura Affluent of the Orinoco. _Geogr. Journ._, vol.
xx, pp. 283-306 [1902].
331. =⸺.= The Caura. 4to & fo., map. _Trinidad_, 1902.
332. =André, E.= A Naturalist in the Guianas. Pp. 310, map. _London_,
1904.
333. =Bendrat, T. A.= Karte der Umgebung von Caicara in Venezuela.
_Petermann’s Mitt._ 1910, pl. xlvi.
334. =⸺.= Ciudad Bolivar. _Journ. Geogr._, bd. viii, pp. 218-22 [1910].
=Blair, Dr.= _See_ No. 354.
335. =Campbell, W. H.= By the Cuyooni to the Orinoco in 1857. _“Timehri,”
Demerara_, vol. ii, pp. 133-58 [1883]. _See_ No. 354, _infra._
336. =Du Marais, —.= Renseignements sur l’Orénoque. _Ann. Hydrogr.
Paris_, t. xiii, p. 127 [1857].
337. =Eckermann, —.= Orinoco Fahrten. _Ann. Hydrographie_, bd. xxxi, pp.
166-72 [1903].
338. =Elliot, C.= Proposed Exploration of the River Orinoco, &c. _Proc.
R. G. S._, vol. i, pp. 251-5 [1856-7].
339. =Ernst, A.= Die Goldregion des venezuelanischen Guayana. _Globus_,
bd. xvi, pp. 124-6, 137, 138 [1869].
340. =Fernandez-Duro, C.= Rios de Venezuela y de Colombia. Relaciones
ineditas (Antonio de la Torre, &c.). _Bol. Soc. Geogr. Madrid_, t.
xxviii, pp. 76-174 [1890]; t. xxix, pp. 161-219 [1890].
341. =Foster, C. Le Neve.= A Journey up the Orinoco to the Caratal
Goldfield—Raleigh’s “El Dorado.” _Illustr. Trav. H. W. Bates_, vol. i,
pp. 257-63, 297-302, 335-8, 376-8, map [1869].
342. =Galli, G.= Sulle Miniere Aurifere delia Guayana. _Bol. Consol.
Firenze_, t. vi, pt. 2, pp. 24-35 [1870].
343. =Gumilla, P. J.= Histoire naturelle, civile et géographique de
l’Orénoque. 3 vols., 12mo. _Avignon_, 1758.
=Holmes, —.= _See_ No. 354.
344. =Lemos, — de.= Trade of Ciudad Bolivar for the Year 1899. _For. Off.
Cons. Rep._, Ann. Ser., No. 2388 [1900] and others.
345. =Morisse, L.= Excursion dans l’Eldorado (El Callao). 4 maps.
_Paris_, 1904.
346. =Paquet, N.= L’Or en Guyane Vénézuélien. 8vo. _Paris_, 1904.
347. =Passarge, S.= Reise im venezolanischer Guiana. _Mitth. Geogr. Ges.
Hamburg_, bd. xix, pp. 253-5 [1903].
348. =⸺.= Reise im Gebiet des Orinoko. _Mitt. Ver. Erdk. Leipzig_, 1903,
pp. 33-6.
349. =Passarge, S.= Bericht über eine Reise in venezolanischer Guyana.
_Zeitschr. Ges. Erdk. Berlin_, 1903, pp. 5-43, map, 1: 300,000.
[Astronomical work by W. M. S. Selwyn.]
350. =Paterson, S.= In the Wilds of Venezuela. _Scottish Geogr. Mag._,
vol. xiv, pp. 591-9 [1898].
351. =⸺.= In the Valley of the Orinoco. _Geogr. Journ._, vol. xiii, pp.
39-50, map [1899].
=Selwyn, W. S.= _See_ =Passarge, S.=
352. =Wears, W. G.= Prospects of Gold Mining in Venezuela. Plan. 8vo.
_London_, 1888 [2 editions].
353. =Anon.= Journal of a Trip from San Thomé de Angostura, in Spanish
Guayana, to the Capuchin Missions of the Caroni. _Quart. Journ. Sci._,
vol. viii, pp. 260-87; vol. ix, pp. 1-32 [1820].
354. =⸺.= Die Expedition der Herren Dr. Blair, Holmer und Campbell nach den
Goldwäschen von Caratal in Venezuela, im Spätsommer 1857. _Zeitschr. Ges.
Erdk. Berlin_, n.f., bd. iv, pp. 365-78. Map [1858].
_See also_ Nos. 21, 34, 85, 97, 102, 123, 193, 245.
XIV. THE TERRITORIO AMAZONAS.
355. =Chaffanjon, J.= Le Bassin de l’Orénoque. _Gazette Géogr. Paris_, t.
ii, pp. 201-4 [1885].
356. =⸺.= Das Becken des Orinoco. _Ausland_, bd. lix, pp. 323-7 [1886].
357. =⸺.= L’Orénoque et ses Sources. _Bull. Soc. Géogr. Comm. Bordeaux_, t.
x, pp. 682-8 [1887].
358. =⸺.= Exploration du bassin de l’Orénoque. _Compt. Rend. Soc. Géogr.
Paris_, 1887, pp. 97-100.
359. =⸺.= Mon dernier Voyage au Vénézuéla. _Bull. Soc. Géogr. Comm. Paris_,
t. x, pp. 9-20 [1887-8].
360. =⸺.= Un Voyage au Vénézuéla. _Bull. Soc. Géogr._ & _Mus. Comm. St.
Nazaire_, t. iv, pp. 13-25 [1888].
361. =⸺.= Le Bassin de l’Orénoque. _Rev. Géogr. Internat. Paris_, t. xiii,
pp. 64, 133-5 [1888].
362. =⸺.= Voyage à travers les Llanos du Caura, et aux sources de
l’Orénoque. _Jour. du Monde_, t. lvi, pp. 305-84. Sketch map [1888].
363. =⸺.= Voyage au sources de l’Orénoque. _Bull. Union Géogr. Nord.
France_, t. ix, pp. 97-147 [1888].
364. =⸺.= L’Orénoque et le Caura. 2 maps. _Paris_, 1889.
365. =Hübner, G.= Reise in das Quellgebiet des Orinoco. _Deutsche
Rundschau Géogr._, bd. xx, pp. 14-20, 55-65 [1897].
366. =Humboldt, F. H. A. v.= Note sur la communication qui existe entre
l’Orénoque et la rivière des Amazonas. _Journ. École Poly._, t. iv, pp.
65-8. Map [1810].
367. =⸺.= Ueber die Verbindung zwischen dem Orinoco und Amazonen fluss.
_Zach’s Monatl. Correspondenz_, bd. xxvi, pp. 230-35 [1812].
368. =Michelena y Rojas, F.= Exploracion Official por la primera vez
desde el Norte de la America del sur siempre par Rios.... Map. 8vo.
_Brussels_, 1867.
369. =Montolieu, F.= L’Ynirida. _Bull Soc. Géogr. Paris_, sér. 6, t. xix,
pp. 289-301 [1880].
370. =Morisse, L.= Le Caoutchouc du Haut-Orénoque. _Arch. Miss, Sci.
Litt. Paris_, sér. 4, t. i, pp. 177-200 [1891].
371. =Rusby, H. H.= Concerning Exploration upon the Orinoco. _Alum.
Journ. Coll. Pharm. N.Y._, vol. iii, pp. 185-91 [1896].
372. =Schomburgk, R. H.= Journey from Fort San Joaquim, on the Rio
Branco, to Roraima, and thence by the Rivers Parima and Merevari to
Esmeralda on the Orinoco in 1838-9. _Journ. R. Geogr. Soc._, vol. x, pp.
191-247 [1841].
373. =⸺.= Journey from Esmeralda on the Orinoco to San Carlos and Moura on
the Rio Negro.... _Ibid._, pp. 248-67 [1841].
374. =Stradelli, E.= [Expedition up the Orinoco.] _Boll. Soc. Géogr.
Ital._, ser. 2, t. xii, pp. 354-6, 500 [1887].
375. =⸺.= Nell’ alto Orinoco. _Ibid._, ser. 3, t. i, pp. 715-44, 832-54.
Map [1888].
376. =Tavera-Acosta, B.= Rio Negro. Pp. 149. 8vo. _Ciudad Bolivar_, 1906.
377. =Anon.= Robert Schomburgk und seine Reise in Guyana, am Orinoco, &c.
_Globus_, bd. xiv, pp. 151-4, 186-9 [1868].
378. =⸺.= J. Chaffanjon’s Reisen im Gebiete des Orinoko und Caura.
_Globus_, bd. lvi, pp. 70-74, 88, 99, 195, 212, 231 [1889].
_See also_ Nos. 148, 160, 161, 245, 265, 327.
XV. RESOURCES, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNICATIONS, &c.
379. =Berthelot, S.= Notice sur les nouveaux établissements agricoles
fondés au Vénézuéla. _Bull. Soc. Géogr. Paris_, sér. 2, t. xviii, pp.
37-55 [1842].
380. =Briceño, M. de.= La gran cuestion fiscal de Venezuela.... Reforma
del sistema aduanero. 8vo. _Carácas_, 1864.
381. =Carruthers. J.= The Trincheras Steep Incline on the Puerto Cabello
and Valencia Railway, Venezuela. _Proc. Inst. Civ. Eng._, vol. xcvi, pp.
120-30 [1888-9].
382. =Church, G. E.= The Venezuela Central Railway and its Sources of
Traffic. 8vo. _London_, 1888.
=Diaz, M. V.= _See_ =Rojas, A.=
383. =Engel, F.= Die Fahrstrasse von La Guayra nach Carácas. _Globus_,
bd. xiv, pp. 334-7 [1868].
384. =Ernst, A.= A Descriptive Catalogue of the Venezuelan Department at
the Philadelphia International Exhibition. 12mo. _Philadelphia_, 1876.
385. =⸺.= La Exposicion Nacional de Venezuela en 1883. Fo. _Carácas_, 1884.
386. =Fiebeger, G. J.= Report on Bermudez Asphalt. _Rep. Operat. Eng.
Dept. D.C._, 1894, pp. 143-6.
387. =Heinke, E. H. A.= “La Guaira and Carácas Railway.” _Proc. Inst.
Civ. Eng._, vol. cx, pp. 299-303 [1892].
388. =Hortensio, G. and M.= Literatura venezolana. 2 vols. _Carácas_,
1883.
=Houston, J. L.= _See_ =Punchard, W. C.=
=Humbert, J.= _See_ =Vincent, L.=
389. =Magliano, R.= L’Industrie delle Miniere e del Caffe nel Venezuela.
_Bol. Ministr. Afari Esteri_, 1891, vol. ii, pp. 357-60 [1891].
390. =Navarro, E.= Venezuela. Ferrocarriles, comercio y navegacion. _Rev.
Géogr. Col. y Mercantil_, t. iv, pp. 182-219 [1907].
391. =Oppel, A.= Die wirtschaftliche Verhältnisse von Venezuela.
_Globus_, bd. lvii, pp. 171-4 [1890].
392. =Palacio, R. M.= El Progreso de Venezuela. 8vo. _Carácas_, 1877.
393. =Plümacher, E. H.= Petroleum Deposits in Venezuela. _Rep. Comm. Rel.
U.S._, 1880, pp. 11-16.
394. =⸺.= Petroleum Development in Venezuela. _Rep. Cons. U.S._, vol. xxi,
pp. 556, 557 [1887].
395. =Plümacher, E. H.= Asphalt and Petroleum Deposits in Venezuela.
_Ibid._, vol. xxvi, pp. 487-91 [1888].
396. =Punchard, W. C.= and =J. L. Houston=. La Guaira Harbour Works.
_Proc. Inst. Civ. Eng._, vol. cxv, pp. 332-42 [1893-4].
397. =Quievreux, H.= La pêche des perles au Vénézuéla. _Rev. Maritime_,
t. cxlvi, pp. 444-8 [1900].
398. =Richardson, C.= On the Nature and origin of Asphalt. _Journ. Soc.
Chem. Ind._, vol. xvii, pp. 13-32 [1898].
399. =⸺.= The Modern Asphalt Pavement. _New York_, 1905 and 1908.
400. =Rizzetto, R.= Un episodio della Emigrazione Italiana nel Venezuela.
_Boll. Soc. Géogr. Ital._, t. ii, pp. 141-56 [1886].
401. =Rojas, A.= and =M. V. Diaz=. Apuntes para el repertorio de plantas
utiles de Venezuela. 8vo. _Carácas_, 1866.
402. =Ruiz, P. M.= Anuario Estadístico de Venezuela, 1908. Pp. lxxx, 495.
_Carácas_, 1910.
403. =Schottky, A.= Die Kupfererze der Districtes von Aroa, Venezuela.
Pp. 36. _Breslau_, 1877.
404. =⸺.= Ueber die Kupfererze des Minen-Districtes von Aroa in Venezuela.
_55 Jahresber. Schles. Ges. Kultur_, pp. 45, 46 [1878].
405. =Sievers, W.= Die wirtschaftliche Bedeutung Venezuela’s und die
deutschen Interessen daselbst. _Die Natur_, bd. li, pp. 61-4 [1902].
406. =Vincent, L.= and =J. Humbert=. L’instruction publique au Vénézuéla.
_Bull. Soc. Géogr. Comm. Bordeaux_, t. xx, pp. 241-6, 381-9, 422-30
[1897].
407. =Anon.= The London Venezuelan Guyana Mutual Emigration Society.
Prospectus, with Code of Laws, etc., in the Settlement and Colony of
Pattisonville. 12mo. _London_, 1869.
408. =⸺.= Petroleum in Venezuela. _London Iron Trades Exchange_, vol.
xxviii, p. 397 [1880].
409. =⸺.= Les Sources du Pétrole de Vénézuéla. _Ann. Industr._, t. xix, p.
393 [1887].
410. =⸺.= The Asphalt Deposits of Venezuela. _Eng. Min. Journ._, vol. lxxi,
p. 303 [1901].
411. =⸺.= Der Bermudez Asphalt-streit. _Asphalt Teerind. Zeit._, bd. v, pp.
287, 288 [1905].
_See also_ Nos. 68, 69, 70, 132, 281, 291, 314, 316, 326, 342, 345, 346,
352, 370.
INDEX
_Names of persons in capitals._
A
Aborigines (119-134);
bibliography, 302-304;
measures for civilisation of, 79, 97, 234
Achaba, Mt., 220
Administrative divisions, 108, 109
AGUIRRE, LOPE DE, 74-76
ALDAMA, JUAN DE, 200, 201
ALFINGER, AMBROSIUS, 71, 72, 151
Altagracia (Zulia), 154
AMALIVACA, legend of, 64
Amazon basin, communication with Orinoco, 232-234
Amazonas territory, 223-234;
population, 273;
bibliography, 310, 311
Amazons, villages and communities of, 123, 124
Améha, Mt., 220, 221
AMPIES, JUAN DE, 71, 72
Andes of Venezuela, 31, 32, 157-170;
principal heights, 282;
bibliography, 306, 307
ANDRÉ, E., 49, 220, 221
Angostura. _See_ Ciudad Bolivar
ANZOÁTEGUI, General, 89
Anzoátegui, State of, 199-202, 208;
population of, &c., 269
Apure, State of, 199, 258;
population of, &c., 269
Aragua de Barcelona, 202;
population and climate, 282
Aragua de Maturín, 188
Aragua, State of, 143-145;
population of, &c., 269
Arawak Indians, 125, 133
Araya, Castle of, 69, 70, 185;
Salina of, 244
Area of the Republic, 25
Arecuna Indians, 122
Areo, 207, 208
ARIAS, DOMINGO, 186
Arichi, Mt., 220
ARISMENDI, JUAN BAUTISTA, 87, 90
Army, 117, 118
Aroa, 173, 174;
copper-mines of, 246
Arrowroot. _See_ Manioc
Asphalt, 45, 46, 150, 188, 190, 191, 202, 203, 245
Asunción, 182;
foundation of, 70;
population and climate, 281
Atabapo, River, 224
Atures Rapids, 225, 226
Atures (town), 227
AYARES, PEDRO, 216
B
Bailadores, 167;
copper near, 245
Balatá, 49, 212, 215, 218, 250
Baniba Indians, 125, 130-133, 230
Banking, 113, 239, 240
BARALT, R., 97, 152
Barbacoas, 209
Barcelona, 199-202;
salt of, 244;
railway to Guanta, 255;
population and climate, 281
Baria Indians, 125
Barinas, 210;
population and climate, 282
BARING BROTHERS, 242
Barquisimeto, 172, 247;
population and climate, 281
Barrancas, 192
BASTIDAS, DON RODRIGO DE, 73
BATES, H. W., 53
_Bejucal_, 48
BERMUDEZ, GEN. JUAN, 87
“Bermudez” Asphalt Lake, 188, 203, 245
BERRIO Y ORUÑA, DON ANTONIO DE, 78
Betijoque, 169
Bibliography, 287-314
Bifurcation of the Casiquiare (Orinoco and Amazon), 230, 232, 233
Birds, 55-58
Birth-customs, Indian, 128
Bishop of Coro, first, 73
BLANCO, GUZMAN, 100, 101
BOBADILLA, DON FRANCISCO DE, 231
Bobures, 165
Boconó, 169;
population and climate, 281
BOLIVAR, SIMON: early life and character of, 87;
dispatched to England, 82;
work as liberator, 87-95;
death, 95;
publicly honoured, 97, 98
Bolivar Railway, 145, 158, 172-174, 255
Bolivar, State of, 211-222;
population of, &c., 270;
Bibliography, 308-310
Botany, 47-52;
Bibliography, 294-297
BRASCHI, SÑR. ANTONIO, 169
Brazil, frontier with, 106
Brazil nuts, 49, 228
British Guiana, frontier with, 107, 108;
dispute over, 102, 103
British legion, 91, 93, 94
British trade with Venezuela, 266, 267.
_See_ Trade
Budget, 283, 284
Burial-customs, Indian, 121, 128
BURKE, WILLIAM, 85
C
Cable Company, 254
Cadupinapo Indians, 122
Caicara, 221
Calabozo, 209;
population and climate, 282
Callao goldfields, 213-217, 246
Camaguan, 209
CANADIAN-VENEZUELAN ORE CO., LTD., 244
Cannibalism of the Conquistadores, 72;
alleged cannibalism of Indians, 122, 123
Caño Colorado, 203
_Caños_, 29
Capatárida, 178;
tobacco of, 249
Capital, returns on, 243;
British capital in Venezuela, 266
Capitania General of Venezuela established, 80
Capuchin missions, 79
Carabobo, Battle of, 93, 94
Carabobo, State of, 145-148;
population of, &c., 270
Carácas, 138-141;
foundation of, 76;
university founded, 80;
Junta of, 82;
brewery, 251;
Academy of History, 251;
telephones, 254;
tramways, 256;
population and climate, 281;
bibliography, 304, 305
Carache, 169, 170
Carapo, 218
Caratal, 216
Carenero-Rio Chico Railway, 142, 143, 255
Carib Indians, 122-125
Caribbean Hills, 29, 30;
towns of, &c., 135-148, 181-192;
bibliography, 304, 305, 307, 308
_Caribe_ (fish), 59
Caroni, River, 213, 218, 219
Carora, 176
Carúpano, 188, 189;
sulphur near, 245;
population and climate, 281
Caruzana Indians, 125
“_Casa Fuerte_,” Barcelona, 90, 200, 201
Casiquiare bifurcation, 230, 232, 233
Cassava. _See_ Manioc
CASTELLON, JACOME DE, 70
CASTRO, CIPRIANO, 103, 104, 176, 189, 190
CASTRO, JULIAN, 99
Cataniapo, River, 227, 228
Catatumbo, River, 33, 153
Cattle. _See_ Stock-farming
Caura, River, 219-221
Ceiba tree, 49
Central Railway, 141, 142, 255, 256
Centralists. _See_ Oligarca
CHALBAUD, GEN. R. D., 226
Chama, River, 164
CHAMBERLAIN, COL. C., 201
Chaparro, 50
_Chimo_, 46
_Cienagas_, 28
Cinchona, 50, 52
Cinnabar, 222
Ciudad Bolivar, 212;
Congress of Angostura, 91;
population and climate, 282
Climate, 33-36, 196, 222, 281, 282
Coal, 44, 45, 150, 159, 161, 176, 202, 243, 244
Coche (island), 185;
salt of, 244
Cocoa, 141-143, 155, 159, 188, 248, 249;
wild, 228, 248
_Cocuiza_ (fibre). _See_ Fibre
CODAZZI, COL. A., 97, 251
Coffee, 141-143, 159, 161, 248
Coinage, 112-114, 239
Cojedes, State, 199, 210;
population of, &c., 270
Cojoro;
Harbour of, 151
Colombia;
frontier with, 106, 107
Colombia;
Republic of Great, 92, 94, 95
Colón, 161
Colonisation, 234, 263, 264;
Bibliography, 313
COLUMBUS, 64, 65
Communications, 252-260, 266;
Bibliography, 312-314
COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA DE NAVEGACION FLUVIAL Y COSTANERA, 226
COMPAÑÍA DE PETROLEO DE TÁCHIRA, 161, 245
COMPAÑÍA GUIPUZCOANA, 80, 209, 236
_Conquistadores_;
character of the, 61, 62;
cruelties of, 66-70
Constitution of Venezuela;
of 1811, 85, 86;
of 1819, 91;
changes in, 104, 105;
modern form, 109
Copaiba-balsam, 49, 155, 219, 250
Copper, 45, 143, 159, 173, 174, 228, 245, 246
Coro, 177, 178, 247;
foundation of, 71;
population and climate, 281;
first bishop of, 73;
coal of, 243;
Coro-La Vela Railway, 178, 256
Cotton, 144-146, 170, 172, 249
CRESPO, President, 101, 102
Cristobal Colón (Puerto), 189, 190
Cúa, 143
Cuacua Indians, 122
Cubagua (island), 183, 184;
history of, 67, 70, 73
Cuchivero, River, 221, 222
Cucuhy, 234
_Cuestas_, 169
Cumaná, 185, 186;
foundation of, 69, 70;
population and climate, 281
Cumanacoa, 186
Cura, 218
Curaçao, 179, 180
_Curare_, 124, 227
Curasicana Indians, 122
Curataquiche, 208
Currency, 112-114, 239
D
Debt of Venezuela, 240-243, 285
DE LESSEPS, F., 138
Delta Territory, 191, 192;
Indians of, 125-130, 191;
population, 273;
Bibliography, 307, 308
DISKONTO GESELLSCHAFT (BERLIN), 242
Dividive. _See_ Dye-woods, &c.
Dominican missionaries, 67, 68
D’ORBIGNY, A., on Quichuas, 130
DRAKE, SIR F., 77
Duaca, 173
DUDLEY, SIR R., 45
Duida, Mt., 230, 231
Dye-woods, 51, 170, 191
E
Earthquakes, 43, 44, 86, 164, 185
Education, 112, 234, 251, 266
Egret-plumes, 57
Ejido, 165
El Callao, 215-217;
goldmine of, 246
El Cobre, 162
“EL DORADO,” legend of, 73, 78, 79;
origin of, 63, 64
Erewato, River, 220
Escuque, 169
Esmeralda, 224
Estanques, 165
Ethnology, 119-134;
Bibliography, 302-304
Executive; departments of, 110, 117, 118
F
Falcón, State of, 177, 178;
population of, &c., 270;
Bibliography, 307
FAXARDO, FRANCISCO, 74
Federal District, 135-141;
population, 273;
Bibliography, 304, 305
Federalists. _See_ Liberal
FEDERMANN, NICOLAUS, 73
Fibre, 172, 178, 189
Finance; National, 264-266, 283-285
Foreigners; laws relating to, 111
Franciscan missionaries, 67, 68, 79
FREITES, PEDRO MARIA, 90, 201
G
Galera; La, 41
GENERAL FINANCE AND CREDIT CO., 242
Geology, 38-46;
Bibliography, 292-294
German residents, 152, 212, 239
Gibraltar, 154, 155;
occupied by patriots in 1821, 93
Goajiro Indians, 119-122, 155
Goat-farming, 150, 176, 178, 247
Gold, 45, 159, 165, 189, 213-217, 228, 231, 232, 236, 246
GOMEZ, GEN. JUAN VICENTE, 104, 105, 145, 265, 266
Government; policy of, 265, 266
GRAMONT (buccaneer), 155
Great Táchira Railway, 154, 256
Great Venezuelan Railway, 143-146, 256
_Guacharo_ (bird), 56, 57;
cave of, 187
Guaharibo Indians, 125, 231
Guahibo Indians, 125
Guaica Indians, 126
Guainia River, 233, 234
Guaipunavi. _See_ Puinabi
Guaiqueria Indians, 67
Gual and España Revolution, 80
Guanare, 210;
population and climate, 282
Guaniamo, River, 222
Guano, 180
Guanta, 202
Guarapiche River, 203
“_Guarapo_,” 137
Guaraunos. _See_ Warraus
Guareca. _See_ Wareca
Guárico, River, 195
Guárico, State of, 199, 209;
population of, &c., 270
Guasipati, 215;
population and climate, 281
Guatavita Indians, 63
Guaviare, River, 224
Guayabal, 209
Guayana, 26, 27, 211-234;
geology of, 38-40;
trees and plants of, 47-50;
goldfields of, 213-217, 246;
cocoa, 248;
old roads in, 257;
possibilities of, 263;
bibliography, 308-311
Guayana Vieja, 192, 210;
foundation of, 78;
taken by Raleigh, 79
Guayungomo. _See_ Maquiritare
GUERRA, L. and C., expedition to West Indies, 66
Guipuzcoana Company. _See_ Compañía Guipuzcoana
H
HARRISON, J. B., 45
Headless men, 123
Health, public, 36, 37, 111
History, 61-105;
Bibliography, 297-302
Hospitality, 115, 165, 166, 205, 206
Hot springs, 44, 168, 169
HUMBOLDT, F. H. A. VON, 46, 56, 209, 225
HUTEN, PHILIP VON, 73
HYLACOMYLUS, MARTIN, 66
I
Imataca Mts., 192;
iron of, 244
IM THURN, SIR E., on Arawaks, 133
Independence, Declaration of, 83
Industries, 250, 251
Inirida, River, 224
Insignia of the republic, 118
Iron, 45, 192, 228, 244
J
_Jefe Civil_; functions of, 110
Jesuit missions, 79, 122, 133, 134
Justice, administration of, 111
K
KARSTEN, H., 44
KINGSLEY, C. (“Westward Ho!”), 77
L
La Ceiba Railway, 158, 169, 255
La Grita, 162, 163
La Guaira, 135-137;
population and climate, 281
La Guaira-Carácas Railway, 137, 138, 255
LA GUAIRA HARBOUR CORPORATION, 136
Lagunillas, 165
“_Lajas_,” 220;
minerals in, 228
LANDAETA ROSALES, MANUEL, 201
Languages; Indian, 126
Lara, State of, 171-173, 175-177;
population of, &c., 271
Las Aves Islands, 180
LAS CASAS, BARTOLOMÉ DE, 69, 70, 185
“_Las Laderas_,” 166
Las Trincheras hot-springs, 44
La Vela, 178
La Victoria, 144;
population and climate, 281
Lead, 45
LEDESMA, DON ALONSO ANDREA DE, 77
Legislature of Venezuela, 110, 111
_Liberal_ party, 97
LIDUEÑA, GONZALO PIÑA, 154
Liquid fuel, 262, 263
Llanos, 27-29, 193-210, 246, 247;
houses on, 204-207;
commercial possibilities of, 262;
bibliography, 308
Lobatera, 161
LOSADA, DIEGO DE, founder of Carácas, 76
Los Apartaderos, 167
Los Castillos (de Guayana), 192
Los Roques Islands, 180
Los Teques, 143, 144;
population and climate, 281
M
Macanao, 182
Maco or Macapure Indians, 122
Macusi Indians, 122
Macuto, 136
Mahogany, 49
Maipures Rapids, 225, 226
Maiquetia, 136
Maiquetia-Macuto Railway, 136, 255
Mandawak Indians, 126
Manganese, 228
Manioc, 116, 131, 142
Mapoyo. _See_ Cuacua
Maquiritare Indians, 122, 221, 232
Maracaibo, 149-153;
Indians in, 120;
Bank of, 240;
coal of, 243;
Lake of, 33, 149, 150, 153, 154, 156;
“Lights” of, 156;
salt of, 244;
population and climate, 281
_Maracas_ (rattles), 124, 125
Maracay, 144, 145
Marapizano. _See_ Caruzana
Margarita (island), 181-183;
named by Columbus, 65
MARIÑO, SANTIAGO, 87-90, 94, 96, 265;
deserts Freites, 90
Maroa, 233
Marriage customs; Indian, 125, 128, 131-133
Marriage laws, 111
Massacre of Spaniards by Indians, 231, 232
Maturín, 202-208;
population and climate, 282
MEAT PRODUCTS SYNDICATE, 147, 247, 249
Medicine-men, 121, 122, 130
MENDOZA, DON JOAQUIN MORENO DE, 212.
Merevari River, 232.
_See also_ Caura
Mérida (city), 163-165;
population and climate, 281
Mérida; Cordillera of, 32;
Sierra Nevada of, 32, 164, 165, 282
Mérida, State of, 163-167;
population of, &c., 271
“_Mesas_”; 28, 163, 194
_Mestizos_; rising of, 88;
transfer support to patriots, 92
Milk; vegetable, 155
Mineral wealth and mining, 44-46, 148, 159, 173, 174, 243;
early exploitation, 74
MIRANDA, DON FRANCISCO, 81, 82;
dictatorship and death, 86
Miranda, State of, 141-144;
population, &c., 271
Missions, 67, 70, 79, 80, 133, 134
MONÁGAS; General, 89, 98, 99
Monágas; State of, 187, 188, 199, 202-208;
population, &c., 271
Montalbán, 146
MONTEVERDE, DON DOMINGO DE, 86, 88
Mora (tree), 48, 49
MORALES; General, 89, 94
MORGAN; SIR HENRY, sacks Gibraltar, 155
MORILLO; General, 89, 90, 92
Mosquitoes, 221;
mistaken use of name, 59
Motatán, 168
Motilones Indians, 155
Mucuchíes, 167
N
Naiguatá (Peak), 29;
height of, 282
Naricual coalmines, 202, 244
Navy, 117;
dockyard, 147
New Andalusia; Eastern Venezuela, 50;
named by Ojeda, 65
New Cadiz, 70, 73, 183, 184
Nichare, River, 220
NIÑO, PEDRO ALONSO, 66
Nirgua, 175
Nueva Esparta; State of, 181-185;
population, &c., 271;
Bibliography, 307, 308
O
OCAMPO; GONZALEZ DE, 69, 70
Ocumare de la Costa, 148
Ocumare del Tuy, 141;
population and climate, 281
Oil-bird. _See_ Guacharo
Oil-fields, 263. _See_ Petroleum, &c.
OJEDA, ALONSO DE, first to land in Venezuela, 65, 149;
his father, 68
O’LEARY, DANIEL F., 91, 201
_Oligarca_ party, 97
ORDAZ, DIEGO DE, 72
Orinoco, 211-234;
steamers on, 212, 224, 225, 258;
climate of, 222
Ortiz, 209
Otomak tribe, 122
OVIEDO Y BAÑOS, the historian, quoted, 74
P
PACHECO, ALONSO DE, 73, 151
PÁEZ, JOSÉ ANTONIO, 90, 95-97
Pampatar, 182
Panama Canal; importance of, to Venezuela, 261-263
Pao copper-mine, 245
Pará; Falls of, 220
Paragua, River, 219
Paraguana, 178
Páramos, 162, 167, 169;
vegetation of, 52
Pareca Indians, 122
Paria; Gulf and Peninsula of, 189, 190
Parima, Mts., 224
Pasimonabi Indians, 126
PATERSON, MAJOR S., 222
Pauare Indians, 122
Pearl-fisheries, 182, 184, 236
Pedernales, 190, 245
Pedraza, 210
Pericos, 224
Petare, 141, 142
Petroleum, 45, 46, 150, 159, 161, 169, 177, 183, 185, 186, 188, 190,
191, 245, 262, 263
Philanthropic institutions, 111, 112
Phosphate of lime, 180
Piapoco Indians, 125
PIAR, MANUEL, 87, 89, 90
Piaroa Indians, 125, 227
PIMENTEL, DON JUAN, 76
Pimichin, 234
PLASSARD, on Warraus, 129, 130
PONCE DE LEON, DON DIEGO, 76
Population, 26;
density of, 109
Porlamar, 182, 183
Portuguesa chain, 31
Portuguesa, State of, 199, 210;
population, &c., 272
Post Office, 252-254
Pregonero, 162
Press, 118
PRESTON, SIR AMYAS; takes Carácas, 77, 78
Protective duties, 144, 146, 250, 251
Puerto Cabello, 147, 148;
and Valencia Railway, 147, 256;
Meat Syndicate and, 247;
population and climate, 281
Puerto San Juan, 188
Puerto Sucre, 185
Puerto Tablas, 213, 214
Puerto Villamizar, 154
Puinabi Indians, 125
Punceres, 188
Putucual; Lake of, 30
Q
Quíbor, 176
Quichua Indians, 125
Quinine. _See_ Cinchona
R
Railways, 154, 158, 159, 255, 256, 266;
Bibliography, 312-313
RALEIGH, SIR WALTER, 78, 79, 192
Raudales. _See_ Rapids
Religions, 121, 129, 130, 131, 133, 208
Revolutions; of Gual and España, 80, 81;
Wars of Independence, 82-94;
internal, 95, 98-105
Rice, 220, 221
Rio Caribe, 189
Rio Chico, 143
Rio Negro, 233, 234
RIVAS, FRANCISCO ESTEBAN, 201
Roads, 137, 158, 159, 170, 172, 214, 246, 256-258, 266
“_Rocas pintadas_,” 63
RODRIGUEZ, CRISTOBAL, 197
RODRIGUEZ, SEÑORITA DOLORES, 291
ROJAS, DOÑA JUANA DE JESUS, 201
ROLANDO, GEN. A., 201
Rubber, 49, 50, 147, 220, 227, 229, 230, 249, 250
Rubio, 160, 161
S
Saliba Indians, 125
Salón Elíptico, 139
Salt, 46, 150, 155, 185, 186, 244
San Antonio (Monágas), 187
San Antonio (Táchira), 161
San Carlos (Cojedes), 210;
population and climate, 282
San Carlos (Rio Negro), 233
San Carlos (Zulia), 155
San Cristobal, 159, 160;
population and climate, 281
San Felipe, 174;
population and climate, 281
San Felix, 213, 214;
massacre of, 90
San Fernando (de Apure), 199;
population and climate, 282
San Fernando de Atabapo, 224;
Population, 282
San Luis, 177
San Pedro (de Coche), 185
Santa Ana, 93, 169
Santa Barbara Railway, 154, 158, 256
“Santa Barbara,” Savannah, 234
Santa Rita, 154
Santa Teresa, 142
Sarrapia. _See_ Tonka-bean
Sarsaparilla, 222
SCHRÖDER, MR. VICE-CONSUL (Maracaibo), 152
Seasons, 34-36
Seboruco, 163;
copper of, 245
Segovia Highlands, 30, 31;
rocks of (Segovia Group), 41.
_See_ Falcón, Lara, &c.
Sernambi, 250
Serrania Costanera, 29;
Heights of, 282
Serrania Interior, 29;
Heights of, 282
Shipping, 258-260
Sicapra, 218
Sierra Nevada of Mérida, 32;
Heights of, 282.
_See_ Mérida
SIEVERS, DR. W., 41, 153
Silla Peak, La, 29;
Height of, 282
Silver, 159
Sinamaica, 155
Sipapo River, 227, 228
Siquisique, 177
Slavery, abolition of, 99
SOTO, FRANCISCO DE, 70
SOUBLETTE, President, 98
SPEYER, GEORGE VON, 73
SPIRA, JORGE DE. _See_ SPEYER, GEORGE VON
Starch. _See_ Manioc
Stock-farming, 143, 150, 197, 198, 227, 232, 246, 247, 262
SUCRE, JOSÉ DE, 87, 185
Sucre, State of, 185-190;
Population, &c., 272;
Bibliography, 307, 308
Sugar, 137, 144, 161, 249
Sulphur, 46, 189, 245
Surveys, 251
T
Táchira, State of, 159-163;
Population, &c., 272;
Táchira Railway, 154, 256
Tamanaco tribe, 122
Tanneries, 250
Tanning barks, 51
Taparita Indians, 122
Táriba, 162
TAVERA-ACOSTA, quoted, 122, 125, 126, 130, 227
Telegraphs and telephones, 254
_Tierra caliente_, _templada_ and _fria_, 34-36;
vegetation of, 50-52
Timber, 150, 155, 159, 219, 228
Timotes, 168
Tobacco, 155, 159, 187, 249
Tocuyo, 175, 176;
foundation of, 73
Tonka-beans, 49, 219, 220, 250
Torbes, River, 159, 160, 162
Tovar, 167
Trade, 235-251;
British trade with Venezuela, 266, 267;
statistics, 274-280;
Bibliography, 312-314
Transport. _See_ Shipping, Roads, &c.
Travelling; difficulties of, 257
Trona. _See_ Urao
Trujillo (city), 168;
armistice of, 92;
population and climate, 281
Trujillo, State, 168-170;
population, &c., 272
Tucacas, 172, 173, 246
Tucupita, 191;
population and climate, 282
Tumeremo, 218
Tupuquen, 216
Turimquiri (peak), 29;
height of, 282
U
Uaica Indians, 122
Uajiba. _See_ Guahibo
Uayamara Indians, 122
Uayungomo. _See_ Maquiritare
Uiquire Indians, 122
Universities, 80, 251
Upata, 214
Uracá, 161, 162
Uracoa; reported gold near, 45
_Urao_, 46, 165
URDANETA, GENERAL, 98
Urica, 208
URPIN, JUAN, 199
URRE, FELIPE DE. _See_ HUTEN, PHILIP VON
V
Valencia, 145, 146;
Lake of, 30, 145;
population and climate, 281
Valera, 168, 169
Vargas (town). _See_ El Cobre
VARGAS, President, 96, 97, 265
Venamo valley, 217
_Venezuela_; origin of name, 65
Venezuelan Railway. _See_ Great Venezuelan Railway
Ventuari, River, 230-232
VESPUCCI, AMERIGO, fraudulent claims of, 65, 66
Vichada River, 229
Villa de Cura, 145;
population and climate, 281
Vineyards, 146
W
Waiomgomo. _See_ Maquiritare
WALDSEEMUELLER, M. _See_ HYLACOMYLUS, M.
WALL, G. P., 40, 42, 44
Wareca Indians, 125
Warrau Indians, 125-130, 191
Water power, 226, 227, 256
Waterways, 210, 258
Welser, rule of the, 71-73
Wheat, 141, 144, 159
Women; education of, 112
Y
Yabarana Indians, 122
Yaracuy; State of, 173-175;
population, &c., 272
Yaritagua, 175
Yaruro Indians, 126
Yavita, 234
Yavitera Indians, 125
Z
Zamora; State of, 199, 210;
population, &c., 273
ZARAZA, General, 89
Zaraza (town), 209
Zoology, 52-60;
Bibliography, 294-297
Zulia, State of, 149-156;
population, &c., 273;
Bibliography, 306
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