Wikimedia Commons

File:The land of Bolivar; or, War, peace and adventure in the republic of Venezuela (1878) (14764399645).jpg

Original file ‎(2,318 × 1,030 pixels, file size: 319 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary edit

Description
English:

Identifier: landofbolivarorw01spen (find matches)
Title: The land of Bolivar; or, War, peace and adventure in the republic of Venezuela
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Spence, James Mudie
Subjects: Venezuela Venezuela -- Bibliography
Publisher: London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
173197199203 205 210231 7o LIST 01 JLLUSTRATJONS. PAGE 11. Taciilii 251 23. Musicians Playing Native Instruments .... 256 24. Shipping Orchids from the Hotel, Saint Amand . 264 25. The New Bird, Lochmias Sororia 266 26. The New Uiril, Crypturus Cerviniventria .... 267 27. American Guano Companys Establishment on Orchila . 282 28. The Victim of the Inquisition 286 29. The Incredible Snake Encounter in Merida . . . 291 30. Indian and Dogs, of the Tuy 296 31. Jos6 Carmen de Ocumare 300 32. Flor del Tuy 301 33. Death of the Snake 303 34. The Triumphal Arch 313 35. Illuminations on the Plaza de Bolivar . . 2u face page 314 36. Rio Catuche 316 MAPS AND PLANS. 1. Map of Venezuela To face page i 2. Map of the Los Roques Group of Islands . . . „ 193 3. Plan of the Battle of Apure „ 260 4. Plan of the Island of Orchila ,. 278 M \ I () ITHE REPUBLIC OF ( VENEZUELA SOUTH AiMEHKA $^--- ::^M,,.!S,H A l( I 15 I! i: A .N ::J^:^^: K i) IS I. A .N i> : „^, I S I. A .N i> s ^^^y!fj~^ gr v^,:
Text Appearing After Image:
o THE LAND OF BOLIVAR. CHAPTER I. THE VOYAGE OUT. My voyage to Venezuela, although undertaken chieflyto benefit my health, impaired by overwork, had alsoan ulterior object, and that was, to look out for anyvaluable mineral deposits which the islands skirtingthe coast might contain. Having spent years of adven-ture in California and Arizona, after a lengthened stayin Europe, the desire to wander westward again pos-sessed me, and I was delighted with the prospect ofgoing to a land that had been for twenty-five yearsthe scene of almost uninterrupted civil war. Thecondolences of my friends were freely offered, forVenezuela had for some time been discredited inEnglish eyes, and many reports detrimental to itwere in circulation. The ignorance respecting thecountry was so universal, that the capital was onlyknown to the average Englishman by the advertise-ments of Frys Caracas Cocoa; whilst a BritishMinister, once accredited there, is said to have spenttwo years in a vain search for his dest

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Date
Source

https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14764399645/

Author Internet Archive Book Images
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Flickr tags
InfoField
  • bookid:landofbolivarorw01spen
  • bookyear:1878
  • bookdecade:1870
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Spence__James_Mudie
  • booksubject:Venezuela
  • booksubject:Venezuela____Bibliography
  • bookpublisher:London___S__Low__Marston__Searle___Rivington
  • bookcontributor:University_of_California_Libraries
  • booksponsor:MSN
  • bookleafnumber:27
  • bookcollection:cdl
  • bookcollection:americana
Flickr posted date
InfoField
28 July 2014

Licensing edit

This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
  1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
  2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
  3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
  4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/.

Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Internet Archive Book Images at https://flickr.com/photos/126377022@N07/14764399645. It was reviewed on 13 September 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

13 September 2015

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current17:35, 13 September 2015Thumbnail for version as of 17:35, 13 September 20152,318 × 1,030 (319 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{subst:chc}} {{information |description={{en|1=<br> '''Identifier''': landofbolivarorw01spen ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Flandofbolivaror...

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:The_land_of_Bolivar;_or,_War,_peace_and_adventure_in_the_republic_of_Venezuela_(1878)_(14764399645).jpg&oldid=875245377"