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Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, The discoverie of the large, rich, and beautifull Empire of Guiana, with a relation of the great and golden citie of Manoa (which the Spaniards call El Dorado) and the provinces of Emeria, Aromaia, Amapaia, and other countries, with their rivers adjoyning. Performed in the yeere 1595 by Sir Walter Ralegh Knight, Captaine of Her Majesties Guard, Lorde Warden of the Stanneries, and Her Highnesse Lieutenant Generall of the Countie of Corne-wall. (search)
, and there slew the governour, and dealt in all as at Margarita: hee spoiled all the coast of Caracas , and the province of Venezuela , and of Rio de la hacha; and as I remember, it was the same yerin the hearing of himselfe and divers other gentlemen, that he met with Berreos campe-master at Caracas , when he came from the borders of Guiana , and that he saw with him forty of most pure plates oe province of Carapana, to meet him: he had also sent to Saint Iago de Leon on the coast of the Caracas , to buy horses and mules. After I had thus learned of his proceedings past and purposed, I those were called the plaines of the Sayma, and that the same levell reached to Cumana , and Caracas in the West Indies, which are a hundreth and twentie leagues to the North, and that there inhabdowne from Nuevo reyno de Granada , with many horse and foote, and had also in Valencia in the Caracas , two hundreth horse ready to march, and I could not have spared above fortie, and had not any s
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, The discoverie of Guiana . (search)
, and there slew the governour, and dealt in all as at Margarita: hee spoiled all the coast of Caracas , and the province of Venezuela , and of Rio de la hacha; and as I remember, it was the same yerin the hearing of himselfe and divers other gentlemen, that he met with Berreos campe-master at Caracas , when he came from the borders of Guiana , and that he saw with him forty of most pure plates oe province of Carapana, to meet him: he had also sent to Saint Iago de Leon on the coast of the Caracas , to buy horses and mules. After I had thus learned of his proceedings past and purposed, I those were called the plaines of the Sayma, and that the same levell reached to Cumana , and Caracas in the West Indies, which are a hundreth and twentie leagues to the North, and that there inhabdowne from Nuevo reyno de Granada , with many horse and foote, and had also in Valencia in the Caracas , two hundreth horse ready to march, and I could not have spared above fortie, and had not any s
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, A Relation of the second Voyage to Guiana , performed and written in the yeere 1596. by Laurence Keymis Gent. (search)
mapagotos have images of gold of incredible bignesse, and great store of unmanned horses of the Caracas breed: and they dwell five dayes journey up the River about Caroli. Wee with our fleete of Canonnot bee thought that either it was senselesse madnesse in the governours of Margarita, and the Caracas , to bring their states and lives in question, by seeking, contrarie to their kings order, to eneo with his followers: or else the abundance of pearle in Margarita, and the golde mines in the Caracas , seeming matters of small account: Guiana onely was in their judgement, rich, plentifull, and ppeare to be foure, Nuevo reyno, the mouth of Amazones or Orellana, Cubagua or the coast of the Caracas , and Trinidad. 1 From Moiobamba, where Orellana hath his headspring, to his mouth, the Spaner of great difficultie, by reason that the Indian nations inhabiting betweene the coast of The Caracas and Guiana , being wearied and harried with the daily incursions of the Spaniards, have now tur
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, The second voyage to Guiana . (search)
taines, where Carapana dwelleth, are hardly accessible. That the Amapagotos have images of gold of incredible bignesse, and great store of unmanned horses of the Caracas breed: and they dwell five dayes journey up the River about Caroli. Wee with our fleete of Canoas were now not farre from Carapanas Port, when our intelligencer t, is not incident to their policie and proceedings. Againe, it cannot bee thought that either it was senselesse madnesse in the governours of Margarita, and the Caracas , to bring their states and lives in question, by seeking, contrarie to their kings order, to enter Guiana , and kill Berreo with his followers: or else the abundance of pearle in Margarita, and the golde mines in the Caracas , seeming matters of small account: Guiana onely was in their judgement, rich, plentifull, and able of it selfe to redeeme their trespasse and offence, howe great soever it should bee. The sundry attemptes and overthrowes of the Spaniardes being men of power, and
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, An advertisement to the Reader. (search)
Spaniard in this intended search and conquest. The first may bee the remotenesse or distance of their places of Rendevous, from El Dorado: which appeare to be foure, Nuevo reyno, the mouth of Amazones or Orellana, Cubagua or the coast of the Caracas , and Trinidad. 1 From Moiobamba, where Orellana hath his headspring, to his mouth, the Spaniards account it 2000. leagues. Raleana riseth neere the said mountaines in Moiobamba, & tributeth his waters to the sea, not farre from the other: Gua to seeke it by sea in vessels of any burthen, is a worke of far greater labour, then to saile directly from Spaine. And to passe over land is a matter of great difficultie, by reason that the Indian nations inhabiting betweene the coast of The Caracas and Guiana , being wearied and harried with the daily incursions of the Spaniards, have now turned their abused patience into furie, refusing to suffer any forces of men to be led through their countreys. For the Spaniards travelling in those pa