| 单词 | Orinoco |
| 例句 | Battered by European diseases and slave raiding, many fled to the Orinoco, becoming wandering foragers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The song is called “Hold Up,” and despite all its rage, it sounds like Enya’s “Orinoco Flow” reincarnated as reggae. Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ turns life’s lemons into furious pop 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Stupendemys — meaning “stupendous turtle” — inhabited a huge wetlands system spanning Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Peru before the Amazon and Orinoco rivers were formed. Fossils of car-size ancient turtles found in South America 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Their song Let Go, for example, might have been in danger of sounding like an updated Orinoco Flow were it not for the longing-as-heroin-addiction metaphor. New band of the day ? No 764: JJ 2010-04-12T14:37:00Z They pushed on up a tributary of the Orinoco until they found a route to the Amazon, confirming that the two great rivers shared a watershed. Man of the world 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Can you believe it, a film called The Monkey-Eating Eagle of the Orinoco and no footage of these Harpy Eagles catching the monkeys, swooping down and plucking them from the tops of the trees? TV Review: Dive 2010-07-09T05:45:00Z Using a string ensemble to define the beat, “Echoes in Rain” deliberately alludes to “Orinoco Flow,” Enya’s international hit from 1988 — though “Echoes in Rain” trudges where “Orinoco Flow” danced. On ‘Dark Sky Island,’ Enya Doesn’t Stray Far From Continuity and Comfort 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z “Orinoco Sketches” is based on Mr. Kahane’s paternal grandmother’s diary, using entries she made soon after she fled Germany and arrived in the United States in 1939. Music Review: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Gabriel Kahane - Review 2011-11-23T00:22:41Z After learning of the location of a nest occupied by a family of elusive harpy eagles, film-maker Fergus Beeley set up his own eyrie high in the canopy above the Orinoco rainforest of Venezuela . Natural World 2010-07-08T07:00:00Z This vast region — extending from the Andes to the Orinoco River, and Venezuela beyond, is known as the Llanos Orientales — or eastern plains. On a Colombian Savanna, Hawks, Caimans and So Many Stars 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z The mine is in the so-called Orinoco Mining Arc. Mine collapse kills at least 12 in southern Venezuela 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z With the help of those forces, Bolívar sailed back to the Orinoco River delta in Venezuela and turned the tide in favor of the patriot army. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z At the Petropiar joint venture, urgent repairs are needed to its crude upgrader, which converts the Orinoco heavy crude into exportable grades. Exclusive: Chevron aims to boost Venezuela oil output to accelerate debt recovery -sources 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z They are part of this spring’s baby bird boom at the zoo, along with a recent Orinoco goose hatchling and five merganser ducklings born this week. Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo unveils 2 new penguin chicks 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Parsons and other experts say agricultural runoff seeping into the Amazon and Orinoco rivers and eventually the ocean could explain the increased growth of the belt on the western side. A 5,000-mile seaweed belt is headed toward Florida 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z "The Orinoco, the world's widest river, rose by an unprecedented 18m two years ago and that led to some small islands being wiped out while new ones were created," he says. Three ways climate change makes adventure tourism riskier 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z The deal reshuffle could help the Venezuelan company reanimate its Orinoco Belt extra heavy oil operations, which need imported diluents such as heavy naphtha, and ease the country's motor fuel deficit. EXCLUSIVE PDVSA pauses oil-for-debt shipments to Europe, wants product swaps 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z “This is unprecedented,” said Cristina Burelli, an anthropologist and the founder of SOS Orinoco, a group that advocates for the conservation of the Venezuelan Amazon. Four Indigenous people killed in ‘clash’ with Venezuelan military over WiFi 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z “The grasslands there grow on extremely poor and rocky soils, which makes them very sensitive and difficult to recover once they’re impacted,” the SOS Orinoco group said in their statement. In Venezuela, damage from party on sacred mountain spurs outrage 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The researchers also found evidence for repeated avulsions one backwater length up from the mouth of the Yellow, Rhine, Danube, Orinoco, and Nile rivers. Why do rivers leap from their banks? Scientists strive to predict deadly flooding events 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Finally managed to use my grabber from #Orinoco! Conservative MP Richard Holden fined £100 for dropping cigarette 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z In 2011, a Venezuelan court document shows, Ravendranauth was piloting a trawler along the Orinoco River, bound for Guyana, when Venezuelan soldiers boarded to check cargo. Special Report: A killing at sea implicates the armed forces in lawless Venezuela 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z “After that massacre, the Venezuelan state committed to protect the Yanomami lands, and instead, they are being attacked again,” said Burelli of SOS Orinoco. Four Indigenous people killed in ‘clash’ with Venezuelan military over WiFi 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z The U.N. report, referring to an area known as the Orinoco Mining Arc, said: “Much of the mining activity within and beyond AMO is controlled by organised criminal groups or armed elements.” Some gold, bauxite mines in Venezuelan Amazon run by criminal gangs - U.N. 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z But the restored waters brought back an otter banquet: tilapia, catfish and all manner of exotic species, such as the yellow-hued Orinoco peacock bass. Coronavirus lockdown sparks a surprising backlash against otters in Singapore, the 'Otter City' 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z There are 1,899 illegal mines, concentrated in the Orinoco mining arc. Amazon under threat: fires, loggers and now virus 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Venezuela claims 3 Colombian boats are found: Venezuela says it seized three abandoned Colombian light combat vessels that soldiers found while patrolling the Orinoco river. World Digest: May 9, 2020 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z In a video shared by SOS Orinoco three days after the incident, an unidentified Yanomami woman is heard talking to a military official. Four Indigenous people killed in ‘clash’ with Venezuelan military over WiFi 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z “I filed an application and started the project. South of the Orinoco River I found a red granite boulder to be the first stone for my project.” Sacred Venezuelan stone back home after hiatus in Berlin 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z It was about the size and weight of a saloon car and inhabited a huge wetland across northern South America before the Amazon and Orinoco rivers were formed. Car-sized turtle fossils unearthed 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z In the midst of Venezuela's political crisis, the National Assembly tried to repeal the law that created the Orinoco Mining Arc and even labelled it "ecocide" or a crime against the environment. Amazon under threat: fires, loggers and now virus 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Stupendemys – meaning “stupendous turtle” – inhabited a colossal wetlands system spanning what is now Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Peru before the Amazon and Orinoco rivers were formed. Fossils shed new light on car-sized turtle that once roamed South America 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Stupendemys - meaning “stupendous turtle” - inhabited a colossal wetlands system spanning Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Peru before the Amazon and Orinoco rivers were formed. Car-sized prehistoric South American turtle was built for battle 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z A decade ago, he spent at least a billion dollars building a bridge over the Orinoco to connect the region to Brazilian markets. Venezuela’s Countryside Is Collapsing. The Capital Hums, on the President’s Orders 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Officials plan to drop them off at a Venezuelan village on the other side of the Orinoco River. Colombia goes through fifth consecutive day of protests 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z The Mining Arc runs along the southern bank of the Orinoco, one of the world’s largest rivers, where thousands of indigenous people live. Perspective | These two places symbolized Venezuela’s strength. Now they epitomize its implosion 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The center shifted two decades ago to the thicker oil of the Orinoco Belt farther south, but Lake Maracaibo remained vital to the national economy. In Venezuela’s oil capital, life is a struggle. So is death. 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The freedom with which armed groups operate south of the Orinoco river reflects the weakness of the Venezuelan state. Venezuela's mining arc: a legal veneer for armed groups to plunder 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z In the novel — and Mary Lambert’s 1989 film adaptation — it’s toddler Gage who’s killed by a careening Orinoco truck, then brought back from the dead with a serious malevolent streak by his grieving father. ‘Pet Sematary’ spoilers: How could they kill [redacted]?! Reboot directors explain their ending and that twist 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z Only 350 people lived in the area covered by the concession - some 447 square kilometers of hilly scrubland on the northern bank of the Orinoco River. Special Report: How Russia sank billions of dollars into Venezuela... 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z According to SOS Orinoco, a private advocacy group, mining activities wreck the local ecology, causing sedimentation, water pollution, deforestation and the loss of entire ecosystems. Perspective | These two places symbolized Venezuela’s strength. Now they epitomize its implosion 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The pink river dolphin is a real creature, common in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins. How a mythical pink dolphin is making it harder to fight child sex abuse in the Amazon 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Long gone are the U.S. engineers who in the 1990s helped the country solve the problems of pumping and processing the tar-like “heavy oil” in eastern Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt reserves. With Venezuela's once-mighty oil industry in steep decline, one worker laments: 'My quality of life can never recover' 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z It had been two years since Pequeño, a nurse, had visited this poor indigenous village in the remote Orinoco Delta region of eastern Venezuela. AIDS runs rampant in Venezuela, putting an ancient culture at risk 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z It had been two years since Mr. Pequeño, a nurse, had visited this poor indigenous village in the remote Orinoco Delta region of eastern Venezuela. AIDS Runs Rampant in Venezuela, Putting an Ancient Culture at Risk 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z And mining has now spread not just through the Orinoco arc but also into protected forest reserves and national parks that once attracted tourists. Perspective | These two places symbolized Venezuela’s strength. Now they epitomize its implosion 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z In the Orinoco Belt, some drilling rigs are working only intermittently for lack of crews, said two sources there. Under military rule, Venezuela oil workers quit in a stampede 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Another problem is that the initial emission of petros will be backed by oil in Venezuela’s Ayacucho 1 petroleum bloc in the Orinoco heavy oil belt in eastern Venezuela. Venezuela's new bitcoin: an ingenious plan or worthless cryptocurrency? 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Colombian navy divers are searching the Orinoco river for 10 people who disappeared on Tuesday after their boats capsized in the Orinoco river, which divides Colombia from Venezuela. Divers search Orinoco for 10 missing people 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The men were sitting in a palm-thatched hut perched on stilts on the edge of a branch of the Orinoco River. AIDS Runs Rampant in Venezuela, Putting an Ancient Culture at Risk 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Using satellite imagery, SOS Orinoco identified more than 30 illegal mines inside and along the park’s borders. Perspective | These two places symbolized Venezuela’s strength. Now they epitomize its implosion 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z In 1870, he had just ferried some gold prospectors up the Orinoco river, and his boat sprang a leak on the way home to New England, so he docked in Jamaica for repairs. How refrigeration revolutionised global trade 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z Tarek Saab alleges that Ms Ortega, who fled abroad after being sacked, knew about a scam in the oil fields around the Orinoco river and did nothing. Venezuela investigates sacked prosecutor Luisa Ortega - BBC News 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The places most at risk of an unknown zoonotic bat virus emerging are the Amazonian and Orinoco rainforests and the Caribbean coast of South America. Whence new plagues? 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z The Warao, natives of the shore around the Orinoco river delta, made the 1,000 km bus journey to the Amazon city, where many are living in makeshift shelters. Unrest, sanctions – and now Venezuela's Maduro faces a shamanic curse 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Upgraded and diluted crude from Venezuela's main producing region, the Orinoco Belt, is shipped from the SBM facility. Crude spill hits Venezuela oil port, exports unaffected 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z It will also face a shortage of 28,000 bpd of naphtha, a fuel similar to gasoline used to dilute Orinoco oil in order to increase its sale value. Exclusive: Venezuela's PDVSA sees 2017 oil output stuck near historic lows - document 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z The company’s 8-mile Mercosur Bridge over the Orinoco River remains a line of barren concrete columns a decade after the start of construction. Odebrecht Bribery Scandal Shakes Up Latin America 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z The bulk of investment in Venezuelan oil has shifted in recent years to new fields in the east, in a region called the Orinoco Belt, where the proven reserves are immense. Venezuela, A Failing State 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Further north, the road crosses the Orinoco river into the state of Anzoátegui, which is home to many of Venezuela’s biggest oil refineries and aluminium plants. Venezuela on the brink: a journey through a country in crisis 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z He had been making a living in the town of Caicara del Orinoco, driving passengers on the back of a motorcycle. Hard Times in Venezuela Breed Malaria as Desperate Flock to Mines 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Last August, state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA issued one of its largest tenders in recent years: a multi-billion dollar project in the Orinoco Belt, the world's largest crude reserve. Special Report: In Venezuela's murky oil industry, the deal that went too far 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Venezuela, which boasts the world’s largest crude reserves, needs significant investment in its Orinoco basin, a massive oil patch in the country’s east, as part of its long-term plans to double oil output. Venezuela Oil Production Drops Sharply in May 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z In February, Mr. Maduro unveiled a plan to auction 27 million acres of new concessions in an area he designated as the Orinoco Mining Arc. Armed Gangs Confound Venezuela’s Bid to Exploit Gold Mines 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Their familiarity with heavy oil in Venezuela’s Orinoco basin, similar to oil sands’ extra-heavy crude, made them highly sought-after by Canadian producers. Expat Oil Workers Fall on Hard Times 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Her travels inspired a new album, Dark Sky Island, whose first single is described as a "companion piece" to her breakthrough hit Orinoco Flow. Enya on her new album, living in a castle and the international appeal of her music - BBC News 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z The star, whose hits include Orinoco Flow and Book of Days, famously creates complex vocal arrangements, in which her voice is layered hundreds of times. Enya says tour would be 'very possible' - BBC News 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Raleigh preferred his Irish colonies to his Virginian efforts and later dedicated himself to exploring South America’s Orinoco River instead of looking for his lost colonists. The Earliest American Heroine 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z So I went to Venezuela and paddled along the Orinoco, and I went to the Andes. Why Is the Man Who Predicted Climate Change Forgotten? 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Some existing partners in the Orinoco are reluctant to invest, frustrated by slow project development and difficulties repatriating earnings. Eulogio del Pino Battles to Turn Around Venezuela’s Energy Giant 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z So why return to the themes, and the sound, of Orinoco Flow after 25 years? Enya on her new album, living in a castle and the international appeal of her music - BBC News 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Robbers also target the vast Orinoco Belt, where Venezuela is pinning its hopes of sustaining a production increase to fight declines in mature fields like those around Maracaibo. Pirates and hold-ups: crime strikes Venezuela's oil industry 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Officials later said it was a "courtesy visit" aimed at stimulating investment in the Orinoco Belt. OPEC diplomacy up from Moscow to Caracas; action unlikely 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Egrets line a furrowed sandbank in the Orinoco River. Why Is the Man Who Predicted Climate Change Forgotten? 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Fortune places the Orinoco belt in Venezuela among its six largest untapped fields, at an eye-watering 513 billion barrels of recoverable crude. The Easy Oil Is Gone, So Where Do We Look Now? 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The oxygen we are breathing was distilled for us … by the magnolias of the Susquehanna, and the great trees that skirt the Orinoco and the Amazon…. NASA CO2 Animation Recalls 1859 Account of the Global Flow of this Gas 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z The case relates to the 2007 takeover of a large heavy crude project in the Orinoco region by then president Hugo Chavez's socialist government. Venezuela says to pay less than $1 billion to Exxon over nationalization 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z It’s the second ruling against Venezuela; two years ago a similar panel said Exxon deserved $900 million for its expropriated stake in the Cerro Negro heavy oil project in the Orinoco basin. Venezuela Owes Exxon Another $1 Billion For Chavez-Era Theft 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Then he goes down the Orinoco and surrounding river networks, paddling for 1,400 miles and 75 days deep in the rain forest, where very few white men had been. Why Is the Man Who Predicted Climate Change Forgotten? 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z For the Warao, everyday life has played out for 8,500 years in the lush and sprawling wilds of the Orinoco Delta, where modernity now encroaches. Two Spirits in the Venezuelan Jungle 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Long before Hugo Chávez launched his socialist revolution, government planners came here to Venezuela’s eastern frontier, where the mighty Orinoco and Caroni rivers converge, and envisioned an industrial workers’ paradise. A once-proud industrial city, now a monument to Venezuela’s economic woes Columbus wrote home that he had discovered Eden in the Orinoco River Valley of what is now Venezuala. Book review: ‘The Serpent’s Promise,’ on Bible-Science tensions, by Steve Jones Venezuela opened up its oil stream sector for both the Orinoco Belt’s heavy oil and older fields that needed rehabilitation. Resource Nationalism In Retreat In The Oil Patch 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Many headed to Alberta, in Canada, where the tar sands yield a residue that is similar to the heavy oil from the Orinoco belt, which Venezuela is struggling to develop. Brain haemorrhage 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Like the American crocodile, the Orinoco crocodile is supposed to reach gigantic size – that is, there are dubious accounts of specimens 7 or 8 m long. The New World Crocodile Assemblage: Crocodiles Part VII 2014-02-22T22:00:53Z There are six facilities in Venezuela involved in raising Orinoco crocodiles for release in the wild. Mantecal Journal: Venezuela’s Fitful Effort to Save a Scaly Predator 2013-12-26T00:20:34Z The company said in October that it wanted to sell its 20 percent stake in the Russian Junin-6 consortium developing heavy oil in the Orinoco basin to focus on other projects. Russia's Lukoil in talks with oil majors on Venezuela stake - paper 2013-12-06T06:24:59Z Future growth hinges on a string of ambitious projects in the Orinoco, one of the planet's last largely-untapped major crude reserves. Venezuela's autocratic ways exasperate foreign oil firms 2013-10-11T17:26:20Z Normally, travellers heading to the Orinoco headwaters had to stop at the Guajaribo Rapids, unload all their goods and haul them overland, before pulling the boats past the treacherous rocks by rope. My mother the Amazonian tribeswoman 2013-08-29T00:42:53Z Orinoco crocodiles vary in colouration from greyish to brownish or yellowish, and dark spots and blotches are often present over the dorsal surface. The New World Crocodile Assemblage: Crocodiles Part VII 2014-02-22T22:00:53Z Today, biologists estimate that there are only about 1,500 Orinoco crocodiles left in the wild, nearly all of them in Venezuela. Mantecal Journal: Venezuela’s Fitful Effort to Save a Scaly Predator 2013-12-26T00:20:34Z The Attorney General's office said in a statement that several armed men opened fire repeatedly on the revelers on Saturday in Caicara del Orinoco, a town on the southern bank of the Orinoco River. Gunmen kill eight at graduation party in Venezuela 2013-07-21T23:43:35Z Foreign executives said Ramirez recently softened his stance towards private companies working in the Orinoco. Venezuela's autocratic ways exasperate foreign oil firms 2013-10-11T17:26:20Z This is the region where the English adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh believed he would discover the untold riches of El Dorado - he launched two expeditions up the Orinoco in 1595 and 1616. My mother the Amazonian tribeswoman 2013-08-29T00:42:53Z Russia and China, both partners in major oil projects in Venezuela's vast Orinoco belt region, sent delegations headed by senior officials. Maduro sworn in, Venezuela to review disputed vote 2013-04-19T19:58:57Z Private efforts to save the Orinoco crocodile also face serious challenges. Mantecal Journal: Venezuela’s Fitful Effort to Save a Scaly Predator 2013-12-26T00:20:34Z Photograph: Leslie Josephs/Associated Press Amazonian forest cleared in Ecuador, a mountain levelled in Peru, the Cerrado savannah converted to soy fields in and oil fields under development in Venezuela's Orinoco belt. China's exploitation of Latin American natural resources raises concern 2013-03-26T19:55:38Z Russia's second-biggest oil producer Lukoil said this month it wants to sell its Orinoco stake, just weeks after Malaysia's state oil company Petronas said it was quitting one of the biggest projects. Venezuela's autocratic ways exasperate foreign oil firms 2013-10-11T17:26:20Z He travelled up the Orinoco past the Guajaribo Rapids, just as his son did 36 years later. My mother the Amazonian tribeswoman 2013-08-29T00:42:53Z "Production doesn't react immediately," Ramirez said, adding that nonetheless he expected to see a rapid rise in output from the Orinoco region. Exclusive: Venezuela to maintain oil industry framework under Maduro 2013-03-09T02:53:47Z Venezuela, where inflation is the world’s highest, needs especially heavy capital layouts to extract and process the especially heavy crude in its southern Orinoco Belt. Venezuela: Refinery Explosion May Affect Chávez's Re-election Bid 2012-08-28T17:05:29Z But in 2010 he joined with foreign partners like Chevron and Repsol, the Spanish oil company, to begin developing projects in what is known as the Orinoco Belt, considered key to increasing Venezuela’s production. Venezuela’s Chávez Criticized in Deadly Refinery Explosion 2012-08-28T02:06:47Z But it boasts some of Latin America's biggest deposits of the precious metal - its proven reserves are more than 4,600 tonnes - buried below the jungles south of the Orinoco River. UPDATE 3-Rusoro seeks compensation for Venezuela gold mining takeover 2012-07-18T17:40:46Z The reason David was mobbed when he got off the boat on the Orinoco river was that he was famous. My mother the Amazonian tribeswoman 2013-08-29T00:42:53Z Most of Venezuela’s reserves, however, include heavy and extra-heavy oil in the Orinoco Belt, which is harder and more expensive to produce. Why Venezuela won’t pass Saudi Arabia as the world’s biggest oil power anytime soon 2012-06-15T17:30:00Z It is said that the Tamanakis, a Carib tribe on the banks of the Orinoco, have a legend of the man and woman who escaped the flood by reaching the summit of Mount Tapanacu. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Those who reached the Orinoco, not merely found no gold, but little of that abundance so glowingly described by Raleigh. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z On this voyage he discovered Trinidad, the mouth of the Orinoco—which river he imagined to proceed from the tree of life in the midst of Paradise—and the coasts of Paria, South America. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z She also knew David - she had met him on her first trip to the upper Orinoco, when he was a one-year-old baby. My mother the Amazonian tribeswoman 2013-08-29T00:42:53Z Originally they had sent their products by barge along a tributary of the Orinoco, down that great river itself, and thus to sea. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z There are a lot of buyers for crude from the Orinoco belt. Chavez Misses $10 Billion a Month Curbing Oil Spending: Energy 2012-02-15T01:43:25Z For instance, my brother-in-law Daniel Curtis wrote a very moving account of a spider as large as a bat, with whom he fraternized on the banks of the Orinoco. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Then they shed their moisture on its eastern slopes, which give birth to the multitudinous upper waters of the Orinoco, the Amazon and the western affluents of the River Plate. South America and the War 2012-02-10T03:00:17.163Z After three days on the Orinoco River, David Good felt sick. My mother the Amazonian tribeswoman 2013-08-29T00:42:53Z For a hundred and fifty miles above Ciudad Bolivar, Will soon knew most of the principal tributaries of the Orinoco. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z The navigator, in proceeding along the channels of the delta of the Orinoco at night, sees with surprise the summits of the palm-trees illuminated by large fires. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z What had that myopic and taciturn man found in Hilda to gladden a short visit to England between his life on the Orinoco and his intended life at the back of the uncharted Amazons? Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z The Orinoco, shorter but not less voluminous, drains a vast area with its 400 tributaries. South America and the War 2012-02-10T03:00:17.163Z Exxon, the world’s largest oil company by market value, was the first to abandon Venezuela after Chavez expropriated industry assets in the Orinoco heavy crude belt in 2007. Venezuela Refuses to Accept World Bank Ruling on Exxon Case 2012-01-08T21:53:53Z The basin of the Orinoco is so much intersected by rivers and streams of all sizes that the new railway was at no point very far from a watercourse deep enough to float the vessel. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z Keymis, to enter the Orinoco, and take possession of the mines. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z Both cases deal with the 2007 nationalization of the Cerro Negro project in the vast Orinoco heavy crude belt, one of the world's biggest crude reserves. Venezuela shrinks nationalization payment to Exxon 2012-01-02T18:07:11Z There are numerous large, navigable rivers, tributaries of the Orinoco and Amazon. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z An anonymous Spanish map, about 1566, gives Guayan� as lying on the east side of the Orinoco just above its mouth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z For the next ten miles railway and river ran almost parallel; then the river passed under the bridge carrying the main railway line and joined the Orinoco. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z Accordingly, two launches, with twenty or thirty men in each, were despatched up the Orinoco. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z This Brazilian coast was visited by a Portuguese fleet on the African route in 1499, and two years later an Italian fleet traversed the coast from the Orinoco to the harbor of Rio Janeiro. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z The Andes Mountains cross the northern part from west to east; the Orinoco and other important rivers pass through the southern part. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z It extends across the northern llanos to the Orinoco and Apure rivers and is devoted almost wholly to pastoral pursuits, exporting cattle, horses and mules, hides and skins, cheese and some other products. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z When the hydroplane came into the broad stream of the Orinoco Will kept as close as possible to the right bank. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z And it had been in native dugouts of various crude types that I had boated greater or lesser lengths of the swifter upper stretches of the Orinoco, Amazon and Parana. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z Guianas and Amazon Basin; also in the upper Orinoco and Magdalena drainages. A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus 2011-10-04T02:00:15.227Z —In the Illustrated News of May 26th is an account of the launch of the "Orinoco" steamer. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 89, July 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:34.553Z I adore two rivers: the Orinoco and the Brahmaputra, and two mountains: Kilimanjaro and Popocatapetl, because of their extraordinary names! My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z This took three or four minutes, so that by the time the train had started again the hydroplane had turned into the Orinoco and was almost level with it. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z Those that inhabited the mouth of the Orinoco upon the northern branches of the river were called "Tissitinas;" they were very brave, and talked slowly and sensibly. The Boy's Book of Heroes 2011-09-06T02:00:10.323Z In the north-west there was a broad silver path through the wall, the way to the Rio Negro, Manaos, and the Orinoco. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z But it boasts some of Latin America's biggest gold deposits, buried below the jungles south of the Orinoco river. Chavez to nationalize Venezuelan gold industry 2011-08-18T04:16:27Z The new reserves were mostly booked in the country's enormous Orinoco extra heavy belt, a remote region of dense forests, extraordinary plant life and rivers teeming with crocodiles and piranhas. Special report: Pension scandal shakes up Venezuelan oil giant 2011-08-17T12:13:08Z In a few minutes he came into the stream which ran into the Orinoco nearly fifty miles beyond. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z And before he returned to England he had sailed 400 miles up the river Orinoco, which flows through Guiana, thus being the first Englishman who had ventured in that direction. The Boy's Book of Heroes 2011-09-06T02:00:10.323Z What are the Americas to us, the Amazon and the Orinoco, Barbados and Panama, and Port Royal, but tales that are told? The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z As their boats entered the Orinoco they espied three canoes manned by natives, who, when they saw the English, paddled fast away westward towards Guiana, thinking they were Spaniards. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z In June, Ramirez announced new funding for Orinoco projects this year of $5.5 billion through agreements with Chinese and Italian banks. Special report: Pension scandal shakes up Venezuelan oil giant 2011-08-17T12:13:08Z The two hurried out, and boarded the hydroplane, which José and the Indian had turned round within the narrow limits of the canal so that its head pointed towards the Orinoco. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z On this voyage he also discovered the mouths of the river Orinoco, which it will be seen, by the map of South America, are not very far from the island of Trinidad. The Boy's Book of Heroes 2011-09-06T02:00:10.323Z Its widespread surface consists principally of three immense plains, watered respectively by the Amazon, Plate, and Orinoco rivers. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z He will also take with him launches in which to ascend the Orinoco, and he is trying to get two ships of very light draught to take them as high up the river as possible. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z The course of the other was from west to east, and may have been the Orinoco, the waters of which flow for many leagues into the sea without mixing with the salt water. The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z It was rumoured that the General, when he considered himself strong enough, intended to attack Ciudad Bolivar, on the Orinoco about forty-five miles farther to the north-east. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z "I thought we had had enough of them on the Orinoco!" School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z It was and is my fault, I was trying to do everything, from filling a pothole to developing the Orinoco oil belt. Chavez Says Chemotherapy May Be Needed, Cancer Isn’t Death 2011-07-13T16:18:44Z This time George Ralegh with three boats made his way right up the Orinoco to inspect the country from the point of view of colonization. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z Endeavouring to steer by the chart of Columbus, he made a landfall at some distance to the south of Paria, off the mouths of the Orinoco. The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z One day, having a longer holiday than usual, Will ran down nearly to the mouth of the Orinoco. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z The noun must always be united to a possessive pronoun, a trait common to all the Orinoco tongues and many other American languages. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z A story became current that in the interior of South America on the upper waters of the Amazon and the Orinoco was a great kingdom, which contained a powerful city called Manoa. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z After the reinforcement of Captains Whitney and Wollaston, Captain Keymis took two boats further up the Orinoco in search of the mine, leaving the remainder of the company near St. Thomas. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z On July 15, 1819, he arrived at the mouth of the Orinoco River. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z Since then he had avoided the Orinoco itself, and limited his excursions to the tributaries within easy distance of the advancing railway. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z Maipures.—Tribes of various dialects who live on both sides of the Orinoco river where it forms the boundary between Venezuela and New Granada, about 5° N. lat. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z The following year Raleigh himself made an exploration of the delta of the Orinoco and ascended the main stream a considerable distance. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Plunged to the lips in Orinoco, he shall drink to his thirst measure,—more, at his peril; with a thousand oxen on his lands, he shall eat to his hunger measure,—more, at his peril. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z The voyage up the Orinoco was an interesting one. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z The hydroplane was now on the broad bosom of the Orinoco, floating down with the tide. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z Tamanacas.—These dwell on the right bank of the Upper Orinoco, and are connected by dialect with the Carib stock on the one hand and the Guaranay on the other. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z On the way he discovered the mainland of South America near the Orinoco River, and, farther west, valuable pearl fisheries. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z These one-year-old Orinoco Crocodiles are part of a captive breeding programme designed to put the brakes on their slide towards extinction. Saving species 2011-06-13T09:05:17Z In the village of Keipon, about 40 Enapa Indian families live in adobe huts nestled in a lush range of hills near a broad tributary of the Orinoco river. Barefoot college helps Venezuela Indians fight back 2011-06-10T00:11:19Z That Espejo fellow will begin to search the river when he finds we don't pass; he can easily get canoes from some of the natives down the Orinoco. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z He said 100,000 jobs will be created by new projects being developed with consortiums of foreign companies including Chevron in the Orinoco belt, which contains some of the world's largest crude oil reserves. Venezuela's Chavez says full employment if re-elected 2011-05-01T23:02:30Z Raleigh's Orinoco expedition.—The discoveries of the Spaniards in Mexico and Peru spurred the Englishman to attempt to find similar lands of treasure. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z A privately-run breeding programme is aiming to conserve the Orinoco Crocodile Young crocodiles cry plaintively for their mother as they are hooked in a trap and pulled, splashing franticly, from the water. Saving species 2011-06-13T09:05:17Z Like similar groups across the world, their habitat and way of life in a vast, long-neglected region of forests and waterways around the Orinoco river are increasingly threatened by illegal mining, ranchers and evangelical Christianity. Barefoot college helps Venezuela Indians fight back 2011-06-10T00:11:19Z My game clearly was to make for the Orinoco. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z Chevron and Repsol are among a number of companies, including companies from Russia and China, involved in plans to develop the Orinoco belt, one of the biggest mostly untapped hydrocarbon reserves left in the world. Venezuela oil tax to net billions before Chavez vote 2011-04-26T21:09:51Z Venezuela, where crude output declined 3.9 percent last year to 2.89 million barrels a day, aims to produce more than 4 million barrels a day with new projects planned in the Orinoco heavy crude belt. Chavez Windfall Tax Rise May ‘Chill’ Private Oil Investment 2011-04-25T18:34:02Z He was to find the money for the ships and the men; but whatever treasure the gold mines in the Orinoco yielded was to fall to the King. The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh 2011-04-19T02:00:15.690Z The river Orinoco, more remarkable in some respects than the Amazon, receives the waters of four hundred and thirty-six rivers, besides two thousand smaller streams. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z All roads lead to Rome, they say: it's certain that all streams in these parts lead to the Orinoco. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z Their haunt is on the green “everglades” and wide savannas of Florida, on the llanos of the Orinoco, and the plains of the Apure. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z In February, 1800, the travellers traced the water system of the Orinoco, often in the midst of danger. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z The strike over unpaid wages in August 2009 paralysed operations at the state iron ore company Ferrominera Orinoco for two weeks. Venezuelan union leader jailed 2011-03-01T02:19:33Z In the other systems of South American waters, as those of the La Plata, the Orinoco, and the Magdalena, species exist that are not known to the Amazon. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z My daughter will tell you, sir, that she, at least, is not afraid to encounter the uncivilized glens beside the Orinoco. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z He was followed by his father, who got his son into the game while selling food and tending a nine-hole course in a remote oil-drilling camp along the Orinoco River. Jhonattan Vegas wins Hope Classic in playoff 2011-01-24T01:34:09Z "The reader will find this trip with the author, "Up the Orinoco and Down the Magdalena," as agreeable and instructive as a personally conducted visit to the heart of the Andes." Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z A few years before, the elder Commodore Perry—he of Lake Erie memory—had died of yellow fever, when on a visit, in one of the small schooners of his squadron, up the Orinoco. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Within the republic are over a thousand rivers, the largest of which is the Orinoco, next in size to the Amazon of the rivers of South America. Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound 2011-01-01T03:00:22.753Z But it was not till they reached the Orinoco and had travelled down it for a couple of days, that they came across any who looked like the men they wanted. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z Those toiling under the vultures’ wake mutter to one another in Warao, an indigenous language spoken in the nearby delta where the Orinoco, one of the world’s mightiest rivers, meets the Atlantic. Left Behind in Venezuela to Piece Lives From Scraps 2010-09-19T00:04:00Z Prospecting proceeds apace in the ultra-deepwater reserves off the coasts of Ghana and Nigeria, the sulfur-laden depths of the Black Sea, and the tar sands of Venezuela's Orinoco Basin. Despite Gulf Leak, World Still Wants Deepwater Oil 2010-06-12T01:21:00Z He travelled extensively in South America; and, among other places, visited the lower valley of the Orinoco. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z "If you think this is delightful, sergeant, you ought to witness a night on the Orinoco in the great rubber country of the south." Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound 2011-01-01T03:00:22.753Z Chinese companies are involved in the exploration of Venezuela's vast Orinoco heavy crude belt, and Beijing says it is also providing $20 billion of long-term financing for projects in the South American oil exporter. Venezuela to spend $82 million on Chinese K-8 jets 2010-06-07T00:36:00Z Swimmers are taken to the starting point of a race to cross the Orinoco and Caroni rivers. Eyewitness: Making a splash 2010-04-27T10:55:00Z To boost its sagging output from traditional wells, Venezuela needs foreign investment and technology to tap the heavy oil of the Orinoco belt that requires much upgrading to turn into lighter crude. Putin bolsters oil, defense ties with Venezuela 2010-04-03T01:04:00Z It remains to be shown how the whirlwind dust, of the valley of the lower Orinoco, can be identified with the rain-dust of the Cape de Verde. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z To boost its sagging output from traditional wells, Venezuela needs to exploit the Orinoco belt, where the oil requires considerable upgrading to obtain lighter crude. Putin arrives in Venezuela to meet U.S. foes 2010-04-02T12:24:00Z The oxygen we are breathing was distilled for us … by the magnolias of the Susquehanna, and the great trees that skirt the Orinoco and the Amazon. Can Humans Manage the Atmosphere? 2010-03-31T14:21:00Z Europe's largest oil company by market value did not bid in a licensing round last month to develop projects in Venezuela's Orinoco belt, despite being openly courted by Chavez. Shell says most oil companies shunning Venezuela 2010-03-16T16:53:00Z Moreover, his contributions to understanding Orinoco crocodiles in northern Venezuela and the Chinese alligator and the black caiman in the Amazon have given tentative hope that these nearly extinct species may have a chance. John Thorbjarnarson, 52, a Leading Expert on Crocodiles 2010-03-10T03:58:00Z The reader has been with us near the mouth of the Orinoco. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Chevron, which maintains the warmest relations with Mr. Chávez of any American oil company, led a group that includes Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation, winning access to one area in the Orinoco Belt. 2010-02-11T17:53:00Z Scientists working for the US Geological Survey say Venezuela's Orinoco belt region holds twice as much petroleum as previously thought. 2010-01-23T06:49:00Z Only a few, like the Amazon and the Orinoco, are known to force their fresh water far out on the surface of the sea. The True Benjamin Franklin It was differences such as these between grass and stone, producing a mixed atmosphere of different densities, that weakened the sound of the falls of the Orinoco, as observed and explained by Humboldt. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. Now, if the reader will inspect a map, he will find that a south-west wind, starting from the mouth of the Orinoco, will blow over the Cape de Verde islands. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Some private energy executives here doubt that the oil projects will materialize, given the technical challenges of extracting the Orinoco Belt’s oil, which is heavy in impurities, and the uncertainty of doing business in Venezuela. 2010-02-11T17:53:00Z The commander accepted $8,000 in gold, and quickly bundled the loyal troops and their spouses on board the Royal Mail steamship Orinoco for passage homewards. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise Besides which, in the north, from its slopes flow the Magdalena to the Caribbean Sea, and some tributaries to the Orinoco. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli He laid his hand on the young girl's shoulder, and with a cry which went to Joseph Yarrow's heart, Elsie came back from the Orinoco, to find Mad Jeremy looking down upon her. Deep Moat Grange She had told him she would sail by the Orinoco, since that was the first available steamer. The Key to Yesterday But the oil companies that participated are hoping to increase their access to the coveted Orinoco Belt, a Costa Rica-sized area in southern Venezuela that may contain one of the world’s largest recoverable oil reserves. 2010-02-11T17:53:00Z The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea will spring into a new life, together with the West Indies and Central America and the vast and fertile interior drained by the Orinoco and the Amazon. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise He descried the land near Cape St Augustine, and sailed along the coast as far as the river Amazon, whence he proceeded to the The Portuguese in Brazil. mouth of the Orinoco. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Being now recognized as commander-in-chief, Bolivar 165 proceeded in his career of victory, and before the close of the year had fixed his headquarters at Angostura on the Orinoco. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" As Hervé told his story, he realized that the woman whom Saxon had turned back to warn, according to Rodman’s sketching, was the woman sitting before him on the deck of the Orinoco. The Key to Yesterday Eight years before the great Queen died, Raleigh went himself to South America, and sailed far up the River Orinoco. Stories of London Trinidad lies right athwart the mouths of the Orinoco River. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise Humboldt found it among the native tribes of the Orinoco valley, where it is called pirijao. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Vessels of light draught easily ascend the Orinoco to this point, and a considerable trade is carried on, the exports being cocoa, sugar, cotton, hides, jerked beef and various forest products. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" We extract a series of interesting passages relating to scenery and incidents in the Orinoco region. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 Such is Humboldt’s description of the dry season on the Orinoco, and the return of the belt of rains from the south. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes The Orinoco River, which flows through Venezuela, and whose drainage area is largely covered with mountains, has a greater fluctuation than any other river, the difference between high and low water amounting to seventy feet. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. "Transplanted by the over-excited imagination of the white man, the vision appeared like a mirage enticing, deceiving and leading men to destruction, on the banks of the Orinoco, and the Amazon, in Omagua and Parime." The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day Immense flights of ducks leave the valley of the Orinoco, when the increasing depth of its waters and the flooding of its shores prevent them from catching fish, insects, and aquatic worms. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology On the upper Orinoco the mosquitoes form the principal topic of conversation, the usual salutation being, “How did you find the gnats during the night?” or, “How are you off for mosquitoes to-day?” With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 The sluggish currents prevented their discovering their mistake, and they worked ahead into the Cassiquiare, and thence into the Orinoco. The Spanish Pioneers Until 1810, the territory lying between the mouths of the Orinoco and the Amazon was known as the Guianas. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The bugle notes rang out clear, waking the harbour of Valetta with the echo; and the hoarse voice of the sergeant-major penetrated to every hole and corner of the Orinoco. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War As it skirts the coast of Guiana, it is increased by the influx of the waters of the Amazon and Orinoco, and by their junction acquires accelerated velocity. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Deep stillness prevailed, only broken at intervals by the blowing of the fresh-water dolphins, which are peculiar to the river net-work of the Orinoco. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 The first variation came in the first attempt to discover the source of the Orinoco,—the mighty river which it was supposed could flow only from a great lake. The Spanish Pioneers Whether Aguirre reached the mouth of the Amazon is doubtful—the evidence is in favour of his getting out of that river into the Rio Negro, and from thence into the Orinoco. The West Indies and the Spanish Main The Orinoco river and the ocean currents between them have cut a channel between it and the mainland, which has expanded into a vast shallow lake known as the Gulf of Paria. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Its field of operations was enormous, covering the west coast of Africa, the east coast of South America from the Amazon to the Orinoco, Canada, Acadia, and Newfoundland. The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History The Orinoco River and the ocean-currents between them have cut a channel between it and the mainland, which has expanded into a vast shallow lake known as the Gulf of Paria. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 For twenty-seven months he and his Spanish followers floundered in the tangled and swampy wastes between the Orinoco and the Amazon. The Spanish Pioneers This put an end to treasure-seeking on the Amazon, but the search for "El Dorado" had been going on and was still continued along the banks of the Orinoco. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Nicholson stated that Orinoco was bringing 20 shillings the hundredweight and Sweetscented 25 shillings and up, which he considered an unusually good return. The Planters of Colonial Virginia But to us 'twas Orinoco, and the cities of the world dotted its shores. The Golden Age What was most remarkable was that the Boy Hunters, who had been on the Orinoco and the Congo and all the most dangerous places, admitted that they had the same feelings. Miss Muffet's Christmas Party The broad savannas of the Orinoco, when overflowed in the rainy season, had been taken for a lake, and the silver background was simply the shimmer of the sunlight on peaks of micaceous rock. The Spanish Pioneers The Haïtians sent Columbus to the south in search of the guanin country, and it was there he discovered the coast of Paria and the delta of the mighty Orinoco. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Purchasing the finest bright Orinoco, they mixed it with leaf of their own growth in the proportion of one to four, and sold it to other European nations. The Planters of Colonial Virginia Nearly one half its area lies south-east of the Andes and consists of extensive llanos and forested plains, traversed by several of the western tributaries of the Amazon and Orinoco. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" He determined now to direct all his efforts, not as hitherto, to the support of the Patriot cause in the capital, but to the holding of the great plains of the Orinoco. The United States and Latin America Before it had been disproved, it had brought about the exploration of the Amazon, the Orinoco, all Brazil north of the Amazon, all Venezuela, all New Granada, and eastern Ecuador. The Spanish Pioneers They were only so many additions to their friends—their enemies were confined to Trinidad and the Orinoco, leaving the whole coast of Guiana to its rightful owners. The West Indies and the Spanish Main It was the "Oronooko," afterward called Orinoco; and from its volume Columbus and his shipmates concluded that it must drain part of a continent or a very large island. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West Of the rivers of the great eastern plains, whose waters pass through the Orinoco and Amazon to the Atlantic, little can be said beyond the barest geographical description. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Extensive discoveries of gold, we may say here, are reported to have been made in Venezuela, on a branch of the river Orinoco. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 On the authority of Bandelier, there is no doubt that this story of Meta was only an echo of the Dorado tale which had penetrated as far as the tribes of the lower Orinoco. The Spanish Pioneers Arrived at the Orinoco, the cannibals fell upon the party, stole all the treasure save that hidden under some provisions in the two gourds, and left them destitute. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Professor Zittel reaches the same conclusion concerning the Nile, and Humboldt was impressed with the same fact while examining the Orinoco and the tributaries of the Amazon. A Year in the Fields The largest of these rivers flow across the plains in an easterly direction, those of the Orinoco system inclining northward, and those of the Amazon system southward. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Carey maintains that the 360-mile long valley of the Orinoco alone could furnish enough food to supply the whole present human race. Woman under socialism Presently, however, he came to the mouth of the Orinoco, whose mighty current proved to him that it poured from a continent. The Spanish Pioneers Adventurers flocked to the Orinoco, and at least a score of expeditions went in search of "El Dorado." The West Indies and the Spanish Main When she overtook Iden he was struggling to pass the stream of the Orinoco, which set strongly at that moment out of the "Lamb" towards the "Lion." Amaryllis at the Fair These plains include the extensive llanos of the Orinoco tributaries where coarse, hardy grasses and occasional clumps of palms are almost the only vegetation to be seen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Their habitat is tropical America, they being especially abundant along the Orinoco River in northern South America. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. This was more strongly brought out in his subsequent voyage to the Orinoco, when he detected even a worse earth-bump, and concluded that the world must be pear-shaped! The Spanish Pioneers Following a more southerly course, he arrived at Trinidad, and in coasting along saw the delta of the Orinoco River of South America and went into the Gulf of Paria. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose The counterpart of all these marvels Raleigh hoped to find, when he had sailed up the Orinoco to its watershed. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin It is surpassed only by the plains along the upper Orinoco where villages cluster in the bosom of the Andes in a season of never changing autumn. The Web of the Golden Spider Crusoe's island undoubtedly exists somewhere "near the mouth of the great river Orinoco." Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly His discoveries were at the mouths of the Amazon and the Orinoco; and he was the first European to see the greatest river in the world. The Spanish Pioneers When Columbus first saw the River Orinoco, some one remarked to him that he must have discovered an island. General Gordon A Christian Hero He had set out in a canvas sailing boat, and had ascended the Orinoco for twenty days. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin The Aranoko, probably from the Orinoco river region in South America, was grown on the heavy clay soils. Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699 However, when we have Crusoe's word that he was cast away near the mouth of the Orinoco, there is an end of the matter. Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Through this country runs one of the world's greatest rivers, the Orinoco, which with its tributaries furnishes more than four thousand miles of navigable rivers. Birdseye Views of Far Lands There are other portions of America in which the tradition of the Flood is still more distinct than among the forests of the Orinoco. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed In the missions of the Orinoco, in the villages on the banks of the river, surrounded by immense forests, the plaga de las moscas, or plague of the mosquitos, affords an inexhaustible subject of conversation. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Raleigh later made a voyage to the Island of Trinidad and the Orinoco River in South America from whence had come the most desirable sorts. Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699 The organization of labor is rigidly enforced among the Otomacs, on the banks of the Orinoco, and they are, nevertheless, more civilized than their neighbors. Principles Of Political Economy At the mouth of the Orinoco river is the Island of Trinidad upon which is the famous pitch lake. Birdseye Views of Far Lands I have painted, feature by feature, these nocturnal scenes on the Orinoco, because, having but lately embarked on it, we were as yet unaccustomed to their wildness. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. His original idea probably was that by inflaming Raleigh's imagination with the wonders of Guiana, he would be the more likely to plunge to his own destruction into the fatal swamps of the Orinoco. Raleigh In February 1594-95 he started on his first Guiana expedition, and returned in 1595 after sailing some way up the Orinoco. State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) This was the Orinoco, rolling with irrepressible power and majesty sea-wards, and often upheaving its billows like the ocean when lashed to fury by the wind.... The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest It may not offer, but it must promise that Golden City which drew Raleigh to the Orinoco, Thoreau to Walden Pond, Doughty to Arabia, Livingstone to Tanganyika, and Hudson to the Arctic. Waiting for Daylight The Llanos of South America incline towards the east and the south; their waters are tributary to the Orinoco, the Amazon, or the Rio de la Plata. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. The section of them which he took up to the Orinoco he describes as 'a handful of men, being in all about a hundred gentlemen; soldiers, rowers, boat-keepers, boys, and all sorts.' Raleigh Oronoco is thought to have originated in the vicinity of the Orinoco River valley in Venezuela. Tobacco in Colonial Virginia "The Sovereign Remedy" Instead of finding black and woolly-haired natives, he found men of cinnamon hue, like those in Hispaniola, Trinidad and the Orinoco. only—strange to say—lighter in colour. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest The natives were friendly and told of vast deposits of gold far up the river Orinoco. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure By the time their joint column had penetrated well into General Piar shot Orinoco, the three leaders were at odds with each other. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) The fury of the Orinoco began to alarm them; they did not know what might happen in a country subject to such sudden and phenomenal floods. Raleigh Plunged to the lips in Orinoco, he shall drink to his thirst measure; more, at his peril: with a thousand oxen on his lands, he shall eat to his hunger measure; more, at his peril. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing It may well be said that after this exploration of the Orinoco, physical geography begins to appear as a part of science. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History He left his ships in the mouth of the river Orinoco, and sailed 400 miles into the interior in boats. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History There were frequent eruptions of sulphurous water from fissures in the ground, and an island in the Orinoco disappeared. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror Meanwhile Raleigh had sent forward, by way of Surinam and Essequibo, the expedition which was to search for the gold mine on the Orinoco. Raleigh Purus River and the Rio Negro, connecting the Orinoco with the Amazon, the banks dotted with Portuguese missions under the direction of the monks of Mount Carmel, were successively surveyed. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Victory after victory crowned his efforts, until he established his head-quarters at Angostura, on the Orinoco. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The English, therefore, were expected in the Orinoco, and preparation had been made for repelling them by force. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History She was not expected, and some folks were hoping that she had gone to the bottom of the Atlantic, or was lying rotting in some pestilential mouth of the Orinoco. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea But times had changed, and he now no longer pretended that he had a right to the Orinoco; he was careful to insist that his expedition would infringe no privileges of Spain. Raleigh For the first time the course of the Amazon had been laid down in a thoroughly scientific manner, and the connexion between it and the Orinoco ascertained. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century In the Orinoco alone, in three principal hatching places, it has been calculated that at least thirty three millions are annually destroyed for the making of tortoise-butter! Popular Adventure Tales Think of arctic fishers burning upon their hearths the palms of Hayti, the mahogany of Honduras, and the precious woods of the Amazon and the Orinoco! Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Rightly guessing that the English ship would put into the harbour if she ever returned from the Orinoco, Basil had at first tried to prepare a warm reception for her. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea On the last of that month he returned to Punto Gallo on the mainland, being very anxious for news from the Orinoco. Raleigh It is the Acheron of the Chayma Indians, for, according to their mythology and that of the natives of Orinoco, the souls of the dead go to this cavern. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century He had witnessed a similar one many281 a time, and so does every one who travels either on the Amazon or the Orinoco. Popular Adventure Tales And here again this river joins the great Apure, which, in its turn, runs into the Orinoco. The Golden Magnet He gave a reasonably good summary of the history of the white man along the Orinoco valley from the first advent of the Spaniards. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea In his despair, the Admiral's first notion was to plunge himself into the mazes of the Orinoco, and to find the gold mine, or die in the search for it. Raleigh Thus was finally solved the problem of the junction of the Orinoco and the Mara�on, which takes place on the borders of the Spanish and Portuguese territories, two degrees above the equator. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century A few thousand head are shipped yearly down the Orinoco to be sent to Cuba and Porto Rico. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges In the Orinoco alone, in three principal hatching-places it has been calculated that at least thirty-three millions are annually destroyed for the making of tortoise-butter! The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon The light was on the bank of the affluent of the Orinoco, and came from the camp fire of the adventurers. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea The object of this voyage was to enrich King James with the produce of a mine close to the banks of the Orinoco. Raleigh Humboldt had discovered that there exists amongst the Indians of the Upper Orinoco and the Rio Negro a race with extremely fair complexions, differing entirely from the natives of the coast. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century The Orinoco River is the natural outlet for the cattle-region, but the commerce of this region is small. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges He had witnessed a similar one many a time, and so does every one who travels either on the Amazon or the Orinoco. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon His stay in the harbour was dictated solely by a desire to glean information concerning the Orinoco and the land of gold that he sought. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Passing up the Orinoco, he came at last to what he calls 'the port of Morequito,' where he made some stay, and enjoyed the luxury of pine-apples, which he styles 'the princess of fruits.' Raleigh The most arduous part of the trip began at Porto Caballo, at the entrance to the llanos, or perfectly flat plains stretching between the hills of the coast and the Orinoco valley. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century The Orinoco is navigable within one hundred miles of Bogota. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Several harbours were also noticed, amongst others one situated at the mouth of the Orinoco, to which was given the name of the Port of Monkeys. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World It lifted, cleared; the gray deepened to black; the low coast of the Orinoco delta was revealed. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea He then pursued his westerly course to an island which he calls Caiama, and which is now named Fajardo, which was the farthest point he reached upon the Orinoco. Raleigh Humboldt first tested the power of the gymnotus, or electric eel, large numbers of which are met with in all the tributaries of the Orinoco. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century To the south of the Orinoco is another thickly-wooded region, known as the Silvas; which, united to the woods of Guiana and those of Brazil, Eastern Peru and Bolivia, form one enormous forest. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Its streams are tributary to the Orinoco, though it extends westward into the Andes. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 "Is he sure that we are approaching the Orinoco coast?" Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Orinoco tobacco makes very fine flavored cigars, burning freely, and leaving a pearl-colored ash; it is considered by the Venezuelans to be much better than any variety grown in South America. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce Our travellers went down the Orinoco as far as the Temi, which is connected by a short portage with the Cano-Pimichino, a tributary of the Rio Negro. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century A far wider and more level country extends between the base of the Andes and the banks of the Orinoco, at a height of between two hundred and five hundred feet. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The Indians on the Orinoco call five 'one hand' and ten 'two hands.' Chatterbox, 1906 Terrific storms swept across the plains, lashing the Orinoco into fury, tearing down the mighty trees on its banks, and deluging the intrepid voyagers. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea The Orinoco tobacco grows from four to five feet high, bearing large ovate leaves, and is in all respects a fine quality of tobacco. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce Nor is it a humid, impervious forest, at seasons inundated, as with some portions of the Amazon valley and the deltas of the Orinoco. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco It was on the banks of the Orinoco, near the city of Angostura. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Others report their presence on the Orinoco and its tributaries—as also on all the waters of the Amazon. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys The Indians on the hilly fringes of the Orinoco basin were no exception to this rule. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea These streams are what are termed “rios negros,” or black-water rivers—a peculiar class of rivers, to which many tributaries of the Amazon and Orinoco belong. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Thus they proceeded down the Orinoco, and, finally, reached the sea-coast, where they opportunely found a vessel ready to sail for Old England. Lost in the Forest Wandering Will's Adventures in South America Humboldt states that during the inundations of the Orinoco, alligators have been known to crawl into the streets of Angostura and carry off human beings. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America In South America, there are several species of native dogs, found among the savages of the Orinoco and Amazon. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys He had been many voyages up the Orinoco. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea It was one of the mouths of the river Orinoco, to which they gave the name of the Dragon's Mouth. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole They are raised into the atmosphere probably by whirlwinds which occur during the vernal equinox, which is the dry season, from the valley of the lower Orinoco. A Voyage round the World A book for boys There are other species of this fish,—among them the black caribe of the Orinoco. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Some of these logs come probably from the coast of South America, from the Amazon and Orinoco rivers; the Gulf Stream has brought them here. The Land of the Long Night Did the strangers know that a ship was actually fitting in Plymouth harbour for an unnamed port on the Orinoco? Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Fortunately delicious fruits hung over the banks of the Orinoco, and, having no bread and for water only the thick and troubled water of the river, they refreshed themselves gladly. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Price $1.25 This is a complete tale in itself, but has the same characters which have appeared so successfully in "Lost on the Orinoco." American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt In the Orinoco another dangerous creature exists, called by the natives piraya, with a head shaped somewhat like a sabre. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America About a hundred and fifty miles beyond the Orinoco, he entered a gulf and landed. Discoverers and Explorers The New World is a big place, the Orinoco a mighty stream; no man can say what lands lie along its margin, and what mighty nations dwell on those lands. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea But, besides the Orinoco in South America, there was the St. Lawrence in North America, still very imperfectly known. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole THE WANDERERS; or, Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and up the Orinoco. The Cockatoo's Story Humboldt calculates that nearly a million turtles annually deposit their eggs on the banks of the Lower Orinoco. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America He sailed along the coast to the northwest, and passed the mouth of the Orinoco, another large river of South America. Discoverers and Explorers Raleigh declared the latter paper to be of immeasurably greater value than the Orinoco packet. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea No sail like the corvette appearing, we stood on till we reached the mouth of the magnificent river Magdalena, inferior only in size to the Orinoco and Amazon on that part of the continent. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela She is coming from the northward, and must be bound either up the Orinoco, or to some port in the northern part of the continent.” The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco Indeed, a considerable number of the trees found on the banks of the Orinoco and Amazon here also come to perfection. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Columbus discovered America several times after the 12th of October, 1492, and finally, while prowling about looking for more islands, discovered South America near the mouth of the Orinoco. Comic History of the United States “Though our trip was not destitute of interest, I can only hope that I shall never be sent up the Orinoco again.” The Three Lieutenants My people, and those who dwell on the upper waters of the Orinoco to the ocean on the north, know very well all about him. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela Sail was made immediately, and at length we found ourselves entering one of the many mouths of the mighty Orinoco, with mangrove-covered islands on either side. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco The forests extend from the Orinoco southward, joining that of the Amazon—a vast tract, but seldom penetrated by the traveller. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America I meant to go up the Orinoco; but the Amazons did just as well. Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig The people I afterwards found from the consul, belonged to a tribe of the Guarinis, who are the only inhabitants of this submerged region of the Orinoco. The Three Lieutenants We then descended into the plains, and lay encamped not far from the banks of the Rio Mita,—one of the numerous streams which, having their source in the Andes, flow into the Orinoco. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela At length we reached the main stream of the Orinoco, down which we glided rapidly with the current. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco Through the centre of the territory flows the Essequibo, the largest river between the Amazon and the Orinoco. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Lookye here: I’m going up the Orinoco exploring and collecting, shooting, fishing, and hunting, and finding every precious thing there is to be found. Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig He could have drawn a map of the Orinoco, but he could not have found the Trent in a day’s march; he did not even know where his drinking-water came from. Clayhanger “I have received directions to proceed up the Orinoco to Angostura,” he answered. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela Still, should she come up with the Good Hope, they would certainly send on board and discover that we were foreigners, who had, according to their notions, no business to be in the Orinoco. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco The Essequibo, called by the Indians the “younger brother of the Orinoco,” first claims attention. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America “Yes, of course it is: only you two say Amazons, while I say Orinoco.” Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig I had steamed it down the Mississippi, and sculled it up the Orinoco. The Rifle Rangers The doctor and the padre were greatly pleased when they found that the schooner was about to proceed up the Orinoco. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela The brown colour of the water also showed that we were off the mouth of the mighty Orinoco, though probably many leagues away from it. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco The Indians of the Orinoco also entrap fish in other ways. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America You did not fancy it was up the Orinoco, did you, when you planned to go up there?” Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig When those columnar masses are situated near the Orinoco, flamingoes, herons, and other wading birds perch on their summits, and look like sentinels. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 The yellow water amid which we afterwards sailed showed us that we were off the mouth of the mighty Orinoco. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela After having visited Trinidad, she was on her way up the Orinoco to trade with the natives. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco Both the Amazon and the Orinoco, with their tributaries, are frequented by several species of turtles. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Look here: I want to go, and I’ll pitch over the Orinoco and make it Amazons and go with you. Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig On this voyage, the chief of the navigators struck the South American shore off the mouth of the Orinoco and sailed westward along it for a short distance before turning to the northward. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure Their chief cause of anxiety arose, however, from the hostile behaviour of a tribe of Indians, the Barawas, who inhabited the shores of the river Guaviare, falling into the Orinoco. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela As in the Orinoco, the trees, with the water many feet above their roots, bounded our prospect on either side. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco It is the principal watershed, from which various streams flow in different directions into the three great rivers—Amazon, Orinoco, and Essequibo. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Hence he ran along the coast to the Gulf of Paria, passing the mouths of many rivers, but especially those of the Esquivo and the Orinoco. Amerigo Vespucci As he leaves the matter, his melons may have come from anywhere between the Orinoco and Florida; and down in that region somewhere, no doubt, they still are to be found. The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals Some of you may have seen, on the lofty cliffs which rise above the Orinoco and other rivers, curious figures sculptured on their faces, at a height which no human being could now reach. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela Of course, as may be supposed, Marian and I often narrate to our children the adventures we met with “in the wilds of Trinidad and the Orinoco.” The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco The tribes of the Guaranis, or Waraus, who once inhabited the eastern side of the continent, from the La Plata to the Orinoco, still exist, sunk still lower in barbarism even than formerly. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America In June, 1663, this buccaneer sailed from Port Royal to the Orinoco. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers These cowboys of the Orinoco, if we may give them this title, were, like their leader, of Indian blood. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III The result of this position is a triple river system—the Orinoco, Amazon, and La Plata, draining three immense plains—the llanos of Venezuela, the sylvas of Brazil, and the pampas of the Argentine Republic. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America Between 1609 and 1619 numerous stations were established by English, Dutch and French in Guiana between the mouth of the Orinoco and that of the Amazon. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century Meantime, they were extending their power on the Southern Continent, and became the dominant race on the Orinoco and Essequibo, their excursions reaching even to the provinces watered by the Amazon. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The corner of the earth where the cacao tree originally grew, and still grows wild to-day, is the country watered by the mighty Amazon and the Orinoco. Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer His route lay along the river Negro, and then down the broad Orinoco. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III A natural canal like the Cassiquiari is said to connect it with the Orinoco. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America On a third voyage in 1498 he discovered Trinidad, and coasted along the shores of South America from the Orinoco River to the island of Margarita. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century The remainder came from the mainland and the region of the Orinoco, and had made their way by the Windward Islands as far as San Domingo, devouring the people they found there. Lectures on Modern history "I do not know and am dumb, but not for the same reason as the monkeys on the Orinoco—far from it." The Loves of Great Composers Finally, after they had gone about one hundred and fifty miles up the Orinoco, they reached the point where another great river, the Caroni, empties into it. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III From the Atlantic shore to the foot of the Andes, and from the Orinoco to the Paraguay, stretches the great Valley of the Amazon. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America Port d'Espaigne, Trinidad.—He has seen more of the coast from the River Amazon to the Orinoco than any other Englishman alive. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century The "Varinaes" kind, Dr. Brushfield suggests, was obtained from Varina, near the foot of the range of mountains forming the west boundary of Venezuela, and watered by a branch of the Orinoco River. The Social History of Smoking The Captain-Generalship of Venezuela was chiefly noteworthy for the Spanish settlements on the Orinoco, where over 4,000 Spaniards were contained in a dozen or so of villages rather indolently engaged in cattle raising. South America In 1617, twenty-two years after his first expedition, he returned to the Orinoco, this time with a fleet of thirteen vessels. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III On the water-shed between the Orinoco and Negro it rains throughout the year, but most water falls between May and November, the coolest season in that region. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America An alternative scheme was to make the first attempt on the mainland at some point between the mouth of the Orinoco and Porto Bello, with the ultimate object of securing Cartagena. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century Humboldt in his journeyings among the Indians of the Orinoco, where many small isolated tribes spoke languages not understood by any other, found the language of signs in full operation. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 He began to tell her some of his past exploits: the Amazon, the Orinoco, the Andes, Tibet and China; of the strange flotsam and jetsam he had met in his travels. The Adventures of Kathlyn One thing Raleigh learned was that his ships could not be taken up the Orinoco, on account of the sand-banks at its mouth and its dangerous channels. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III The whole basin between the Orinoco and the Amazon is composed of granite and gneiss, slightly covered with débris. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America This is the boat Commodore Wade went up the Orinoco in, and he had her fitted for tropical cruising. Wilt Thou Torchy He possessed all those qualities in a high degree, and, in the performance of his duty, reached the mouth of the Orinoco in July, 1815, in command of three powerful ships. Dewey and Other Naval Commanders “I fear,” he remarked dolefully, “that my little treatise on the fauna of the Northern Orinoco scarcely appeals to you, Mr. Quest.” The Black Box On reaching the coast of Brazil, the greater portion of this current bends northward, carrying with it the waters of the Amazon and Orinoco, and passes through the Caribbean Sea into the Gulf of Mexico. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. In June, 1819, he was given command of a squadron designed to protect American trade in South American waters, and while ascending the Orinoco, contracted the yellow fever, and died a few days later. American Men of Action Among the Tamanacs,74 one of the numerous Indian tribes of the Orinoco, the numerals are as strictly digital as in any of the systems already examined. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development Perry sailed three hundred miles up the Orinoco and was undaunted by the fact that the dreaded yellow fever soon appeared among his men. Dewey and Other Naval Commanders The Indian of the Orinoco prefers paint to clothes; and when he has "roucoued" himself from head to foot, considers himself in full dress, whether for war or dancing. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Of this there are three chief varieties known in America by the popular names of Orinoco, Broad-leaved and Narrow-leaved. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. He had crossed the Andes and seen the Amazon, sailed down the Orinoco and visited the mines of Potosi and Guanajuata, beheld the fiery summit of Cotopaxi, and peeped down the smoky crater of Acatenango. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance This velocity is only three times greater than that of water in our most sluggish European rivers, and equal only to half that which I have observed in the Cassiquiare, a branch of the Orinoco. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Columbus on his third voyage discovers Trinidad and the Orinoco. The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known In a second voyage, in 1492, Columbus discovered Jamaica, and in a third, in 1494, he visited Trinidad and the continent of America, near the mouth of the Orinoco. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson It is a native of tropical America, and grows wild in Brazil, Peru, the banks of the Orinoco, and all places where heat, shade, and moisture prevail. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. They led, indeed not in fiction, but in truth—and long before the famous "Mariner of York" was wrecked by the Orinoco River—the life of Robinson Crusoe. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission In the woody district of the Orinoco, on the dreary banks of the Cassiquiare, I heard the natives in the Mission of Vasiva use terms still more inelegant than the German 'star snuff.' COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 As Morillo advanced, Paez, agreeable to orders, retired towards the Orinoco, detaching a few guerillas to harass the Spaniards in the rear. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 366, April 18, 1829 The description would seem to fit the Orinoco, but Maragnon is the native name for the Amazon. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera On the borders of the river Orinoco it grows to the height of twenty feet, is one foot in diameter, and the stalks of the branches are three inches in circumference. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Apu`re, a river in Venezuela, chief tributary of the Orinoco, into which it falls by six branches. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge They were supposed to have descended the Orinoco, spreading along the shore of the continent to the west of the river's mouths and thence to have invaded one after the other all the lesser Antilles. The History of Puerto Rico From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation A similar custom, with the omission of the stinging, is reported of the Tamanaks in the region of the Orinoco. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul Yes, such is indeed the pampa of the Rio Colorado, such are the "llanos" of the Orinoco and of Venezuela. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen The Tapajos and the Madeira, like the Orinoco and Rio Negro, have been highways of travel for a couple of centuries. Through the Brazilian Wilderness We were very fortunate," say these authors, "to find some of these nuts in our travels on the Orinoco. Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 The wonderful plain, covering more than two hundred thousand square miles, and forming the basin of the gigantic Orinoco, is a study in itself. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 This certainly appears to be the interpretation which the Banivas of the Orinoco put upon the cruel scourgings which they inflict on girls at puberty. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul Baron Humboldt was particularly struck with this phenomenon when he first heard the rushing of the great cataracts of the Orinoco in the plain which surrounds the mission of the Apures. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 562, Saturday, August 18, 1832. Mrs. Cherrie had accompanied him during two or three years of their early married life in his collecting trips along the Orinoco. Through the Brazilian Wilderness It forms large forests on the banks of the Amazons and Rio Negro, and likewise about Esmeraldas, on the Orinoco, where the natives call it juvia. Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 Encircled with Spanish troops, it remained, nevertheless, a practical republic in itself, and the vast basin of the Orinoco was the cradle of Venezuelan freedom. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 In like manner among the Piapocos, an Indian tribe on the Guayabero, a tributary of the Orinoco, a menstruous woman is secluded from her family every month for four or five days. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul In the northern plains, from the Orinoco to the lake of Maracaybo, M. Depons reckoned that one million two hundred thousand oxen, one hundred and eighty thousand horses, and ninety thousand mules, wandered at large. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 531, January 28, 1832 They were veterans of the tropics, hardened to the insect plagues of Guiana and the Orinoco. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Bolivar received some reinforcements from the interior of the province of Cumaná, upon which he decided upon making the banks of the Orinoco the theatre of his future efforts. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 363, March 28, 1829 On his third voyage, in 1498, he discovered the island of Trinidad, off the coast of Venezuela, and saw South America at the mouth of the Orinoco River. A School History of the United States In one of the most celebrated of these, at the mouth of the Orinoco, composed chiefly of the Mauritian Palms, the wild Guaranos have established a national existence. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 When questioned about it, they said it was originally obtained from the Indians of Parahuari, and Parahuari, they further said, was a mountainous country west of the Orinoco. Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest Miller told how on the Orinoco these ibises plunder the nests of the big river-turtles. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Give me a cross between Teviotdale and the Orinoco, and, by Gad! The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies But to us 't was Orinoco, and the cities of the world dotted its shores. The Golden Age British Guiana lies on the northern coast of South America, next to Venezuela and extends inland, with its western boundary roughly parallel to the valley of the Orinoco River. The United States Since the Civil War In spite of difficulties and delays, however, and not without pain and some perilous adventures, I succeeded at last in reaching the upper Orinoco, and, eventually, in crossing to the other side. Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest At their headwaters the Amazon and the Orinoco systems are actually connected by a sluggish natural canal. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Harris replied that such was indeed a correct description of the pampas of Rio Colorado, and the Ilanos of Venezuela and the Orinoco. Dick Sands, the Boy Captain By either the Orinoco or the Trinidad you'll have only a two days' voyage. The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day The award did not meet the extreme claims of either party, but gave Great Britain the larger share of the disputed area, although assigning the entire mouth of the Orinoco River to Venezuela. The United States Since the Civil War Yes; there northwards it ends at the Orinoco, a mighty river, coming from mighty mountains, compared with which Ytaioa is like a stone on the ground on which we have sat down to rest. Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest In the Orinoco plains, the llanos, Boves with his lieutenant, Morales, exceeded whatever imagination can fancy in the way of bloodthirsty cruelty. Simon Bolivar, the Liberator Do not you think that Amyas Leigh enjoyed what he learned of Guiana and the Orinoco River much more than you enjoy all you have ever learned of it? How to Do It And except the good deed of providing me with a husband, what services do you propose to—" "Nelly," he said, disregarding my taunts, "I have just come from the Orinoco. The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day There, without his fault, some of his men had a collision with the Spaniards, up the Orinoco. Outline of Universal History At the broad end of the level summit I marked out Venezuela, showing by means of a long line how the Orinoco divided it, and also marking several of the greater streams flowing into it. Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest In that way they covered a distance of over four hundred miles, at last joining the forces fighting near the Orinoco. Simon Bolivar, the Liberator Paria is a fertile country near the river Orinoco; the only part of the continent of America that Columbus had seen. The Columbiad Guiana is an extensive tract of country, extending along the sea coast from the Orinoco to the Amazon. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale Contests with Jaguars Nature, ever provident, has scattered with a bounteous hand her gifts in the country of the Orinoco, where the jaguar especially abounds. Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians They were far enough from the Orinoco, and Parahuari was ten, perhaps fifteen, days' journey further on—a country unknown to them, where they had no relations. Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest In April Bolívar crossed the Orinoco and afterwards met Piar, who was besieging the City of Angostura, the most important position of Guayana. Simon Bolivar, the Liberator In this third voyage he discovered the continent of America at the mouth of the river Orinoco. The Columbiad Columbus made three other voyages to the New World, in the course of which he explored the Caribbean Sea, the mouth of the Orinoco River, and the eastern coast of Central America. Early European History To Ralegh, waiting at the mouth of the Orinoco, came his beaten forces in retreat, with the terrible news of a happening that meant his ruin. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series There is a river there, and although it is not on the map, it would prove more impassable to us than the mighty Orinoco and Amazon. Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest Admiral Brion came with his boats to the Orinoco in order to help in the siege of Angostura. Simon Bolivar, the Liberator Retrace the banks yon rushing waters lave; There Orinoco checks great ocean's wave; Thine is the stream; it cleaves the well known coast, Where Paria's walks thy former footsteps boast. The Columbiad The quest for El Dorado opened up the valleys of the Amazon and Orinoco and the extensive forest region east of the Andes. Early European History The Orinoco attains a width of four miles, and is navigable for 1,400 miles. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America Sandstone: formations. varieties of. of the Llanos. of the Orinoco. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 The Valley of the Orinoco becomes in places an interior sea. Simon Bolivar, the Liberator By descending these two rivers, the Orinoco and the Atabapo may be reached without passing the great cataracts, which present almost insurmountable obstacles to the conveyance of cattle. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Perhaps by the Rio Dolce the Orinoco may be meant; but in these slight notices of discovery it is impossible at times to ascertain the real positions, through the alteration of names.--E. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The Amazon, Orinoco and La Plata systems drain an area of 3,686,400 square miles. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America Missions: first establishment of in America. etymology of the names. interpreters of the. of the Upper Orinoco. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Both in Central America and in Orinoco there yet are many unpenetrated forests which are almost entirely composed of wild cacao-trees. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes This is eight times the breadth of the Nile at Manfalout and Syout, yet we were at the distance of a hundred and ninety-four leagues from the mouth of the Orinoco. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Well, I declare I had forgotten that they have them all through the tropical regions around the Orinoco, the Magdalena and the Amazon. The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing Aeroplane Chums in the Tropics Up the Orinoco we longed to go: but could not. At Last Eggs of the turtle: fisheries of, on the river Orinoco. harvest of. season for laying. method of depositing. immense numbers of. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 In this voyage he reached the mainland,--that part called Paria, near the mouth of the Orinoco, in South America, but he supposed it to be an island. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 06 Renaissance and Reformation We passed the night on the eastern bank of the Orinoco, at the foot of a granitic hill. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Listen," she said, "Dane came back on the Orinoco, the day before yesterday. The Cinema Murder If you go up the Orinoco, you will long to go up the Meta. At Last Apure river: voyage on the. channel of. navigation of. junction of, with the Orinoco. fetid waters of. rise of the. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 |
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