.Jfuto in the, centre of a district 

 cubit-ate J *> fc- occupants . 



q its Hiiurcatiou and its cv/ini'.civ 



RIVER slMAZOX- Dcsi,,,,.;! fn,,,, . 1 * trorwtnical 

 .'/w;T</inj/.r BAKON VON HUM BOLDT. 



PLANOFTHE LAKE VASIVA PUVN OF THE NARROWS JtCATARACTS 



tbunboldt* 



REFERENCE 



22 There is a portage, offline days journey between, the 



1 M. the banks of the Vachada. Mess aumboUt 

 and, Bonplnnd observed, stems of the Laurus- 

 Cenamomides . 



2 The water of the. AV 

 Atabapo is black . 



3 The. first dwelling place. ofCr 

 Leafier cfthe Guaypimabis . 



4 Piedro del Tyre , a solitary granite, rock. 



5 Missionary residence of Mendexarif destroyed) 



6 Piedra di Kemuruw (Bombax. (aba. 12O feet high 

 and 14 f^in diameter . 



7 Lakes which are assured in be the sources oflhe. 

 Atacavi. and which further westward takes the 



name of Atabapo . 



8 At this spot the river passing through a dense, 

 forest is onb/ 90 toises wide*. 



9 Rochelos dtMamtteso.a spot formerly occupied 

 bylhtCaribs. 



10 Cerms diDaripabo .very tit&e, known.. 



11 .Taifwirs found here of an* enormous size- . 



12 The Indians ofJavita andDavipc. assured 

 Siunboldt that the sources of At Guajnia. and 

 of the tnirida.,are close, together and at a dis- 

 tance of about 4 or 5 days journev from the 

 Estuary of Cano Punidun . 



13 Portage of 6,00(1 foises wide, across which 

 Von HumbOldt and /> companion carried 

 their Canoes between the l?Jt 4*ofMv WOO. 



\\The CheruviclijJi:-n>i ItiJiaiu several families 

 VonJlw,ibol1t saw at Ihe JtSssion 

 of Francisco Suiano . 



REFERENCE 



15 The. Portuguese assert that lUs Island is the boundary' 

 between Spanish Guiana and tie Brazils . 



16 The Rio Negro receurs a portion of the waters of the 

 Orin,>ct> by means of the Casiquiare and empties 

 itself into the Jmaxon in lot. 4. 56 'Long. 52. 63 ' 



17 Rio fadmoni, with black water . 



18 io Siapi or ldapa-,with white water . 



19 Here the Tehuco de Mavacwe groves .which pro- 

 ducfs the. poison Curare . 



20 The rock Guaraco t 

 flames like the Duida. 



ZILake , on the banks of which the Lauras pucheri 

 prows the seeds of which the Portuguese collect 

 ^reachaifi the spot by means of the RJdapa . 



23 Xaudal de Guahanbos , with abridge of climbing plants, 

 to the Eastward of this nothing is known of Esmeralda,, 



24 Crocodiles more than ZZftlong were, measured, here . 



25 Cave ofAtandpa, burial place of ihe Aturts tribe . 



26 Peak of Calitumini , celebrated for ihe silvery glitter 

 which it reflects of an evening to ihe inhabitants 

 ofMfypures 



28 Second Ju-eUuy place of Crusero the Leader of 

 the Guavpunajbis . 



29 The auadranaular rock or Island of Castulito . 



30 Investigated in the Year 18OO by monks of the 

 Franciscan Order . 



51 The. Caribs formerk crossed the Sio Carony , the. 

 Paraqua. Caura and the Erevato to the Rio Ven>- 

 tuari and the. Fpper Orinoco . 



32 Ben Humboldt and 3onpland found cocoa, trees 



arowing wild. 



33 The Indians of Esmeralda ascended the Kio Padamo 

 and its sources and reached ?v this route the Rw 

 Caura, in ten days . 



34 Tribe of the Guaycas Indians who have whitish skin. 



35 The mean temperature of the. water of the Casi- 

 aidare is 23.7. 



36 The Lake Vasiva , with Wackswaler . 



37 The fork of the Ci-inoco Jk the Casufuiare is about GZ 6'oa 



38 This plane lies about f>3 toises above die levA .v'tli. .v,-,/ 



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