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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo17amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Travel Notes in Western Venezuela Bv HERBERT J. S P I N D E X Illustrations from photonraplis by tlu' Autlior IT is a time-honored story that re- lates the origin of the name Vene- zuela and one more to be credited than the majority of place name anec- dotes. When Alonzo de Ojeda, accom- panied by the illustrious geographer, Amerigo Vespucci, entered the Gulf of Maracaibo in 1499 he found villages raised on piles above the water. From this circumstance he gave the name "Gulf of Venice" to the shallow sea en- closed between the arid peninsulas of Goajira and Parajuana. Those were days of flowery speech and fervid imag- ination: the comparison between Ven- ice the Magnificent and the homes of humble fishinof Indians in the New World struck the popular fancy and soon the whole land was known as Venezuela—Little Venice. The sur- viving pile-built villages north of the city of Maracaibo are still of great in- terest to the ethnologist and to the traveler with an eye for the picturesque. Slipping out of Maracaibo at night- fall in a bongo manned by Parajuano Indians we arrived at the lagoon of Sinimaica at ten o'clock next morning. The hotigo is a flat-bottomed boat pro- pelled by sails or poles and fit for navi- gating shallow waters. The lagoon of Sinimaica is the largest of a series of small brackish lakes connected by natu- ral canals called cafios. There are three
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Map of western Venezuela showing a portion of the route covered by the American Museum archaolog- ical reconnaissance of this part of northern South America 15

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  • bookauthor:American_Museum_of_Natural_History
  • booksubject:Natural_history
  • bookpublisher:New_York_American_Museum_of_Natural_History
  • bookcontributor:American_Museum_of_Natural_History_Library
  • booksponsor:Biodiversity_Heritage_Library
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