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A voyage to the eastern part of Terra Firma, or the Spanish Main, in South-America, during the years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804 : containing a description of the territory under the jurisdiction of the Captain General of Caraccas, composed of the provinces of Venezuela, Maracaibo, Varinas, Spanish Guiana, Cumana, and the island of Margaretta : and embracing every thing relative to the discovery, conquest, topography, legislation, commerce, finance, inhabitants and productions of the provinces : together with a view of the manners and customs of the Spaniards, and the savage as well as civilized Indians / by F. Depons ; translated by an American gentleman.

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Format:
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Author/Creator:
Pons, F. J. de (François Joseph), 1751-1812.
Contributor:
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
Mitchill, Samuel L. (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831.
Series:
Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 11180.
Standardized Title:
Voyage à la partie orientale de la Terre Ferme. English
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
Catholic Church--Venezuela.
Catholic Church.
Indians of South America--Venezuela.
Indians of South America.
Colonies.
Venezuela.
Spain--Colonies--South America.
Spain.
Spain--Commercial policy.
Commercial policy.
South America.
Physical Description:
3 volumes : map ; 22cm
Place of Publication:
New-York : Printed by and for I. Riley and Co., 1806.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Notes:
Translation of: Voyage à la partie orientale de la Terre Firme.
Partly translated by Washington Irving. cf. Biblioteca Americana / Sabin.
Introduction translated by Sam. L. Mitchill.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 11180).
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