| Guyana - 1897 - 424 pages
...(speaking of Dutch trade via the Cuyuni at the middle of the eighteenth century) he says, "It was at this period (1750-1760) that the Dutch possessions extended...that series of falls of which Kanaima is the most considerable."2 Now, this is precisely the location of Hilhouse's "Tocro;" for, according to Mr. Schomburgk,... | |
| Venezuela - Guyana - 1898 - 426 pages
...p. 5). Again, after having stated in his report of August, 1841, that during the period 1750-1760, " the Dutch possessions extended to the foot of that...of falls of which Kanaima is the most considerable" (BC,VII, p. 28), and having also stated that the Island Tokoro-patti had been "towards the close of... | |
| Peter Rivičre - History - 2006 - 292 pages
...Father Caulin, in his "Historia Coragrafica de la Nueva Andalusia y vertientes, del Rio Orinoco" (1779)4 has observed that, at the period he visited the Orinoco,...extended to the foot of that series of falls, of which Kanaima1 is the most considerable. The Cuyuni presented, where we embarked, a magnificent sheet of... | |
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