Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 Volume 3
Excerpt: ... lieutenant, Francisco Becerra, in 1515, to the Rio Sinu. This expedition was most unfortunate for Becerra and his troop were massacred by the natives, of whom the Spaniards, according to the custom of the time, had carried away great numbers to be sold as slaves in the West Indies. The province of Antioquia now furnishes, in its auriferous veins, a vast field for mining speculations; but it might be well worth while to relinquish gold-washings for the cultivation of colonial productions in the fertile lands of Sinu, the Rio Damaquiel, the Uraba and the Darien del Norte; above all, that of cacao, which is of a superior quality. Th…
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- ISBN: 978-1-153-67714-1
- EAN: 9781153677141
- Produktnummer: 14788154
- Verlag: Books LLC, Reference Series
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 172 S.
- Masse: H24.6 cm x B18.9 cm x D0.9 cm 346 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 346
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