COEO. 



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them to reduce the inland tribes ; but in their turn they were themselves 

 enslaved. 



The German captains, Alfinger, Fredemann, Speier, and Hlitten, who had 

 received a roving commission from the Welser traders of Augsburg, started from 

 Coro on the famous expedition which led to the discovery of the Andean plateaux. 



Fig. 40. — CoEO AND Paeaguana Peninsula. 

 Scale 1 : 1,350,000. 



Depths. 



OtolO 

 Fathoms. 



10 Fathoms 

 and upwards. 



—m^ 30 Miles. 



of the Orinoco, the llanos, and the Rio Magdalena. Enriched by plunder and 

 raised to the position of capital of Venezuela, Coro naturally attracted the atten- 

 tion of the English rovers, who took it by assault in 1567, and levied a heavy contri- 

 bution of war on the citizens. To avoid the recurrence of such disasters, the 

 seat of government was a few years later removed to Caracas. Coro is no longer 



