PERSONAL NARRATIVE 
OF A 
JOUENET 
TO THE 
equinoctial regions 
OF 
THE NEW CONTINENT. 
Chaptee. XXV. 
^pnnish Guiana. — Angostura. — Palm-inhabiting tribes. — Missions of the 
apuchins. — The Laguna Parime. — El Dorado. — Legendary tales ol 
he early voyagers. 
this chapter by a description of 
of the ^ (Provincia de la Guyana), which is a part 
of Oapitania general of Caracas. Since the end 
homo A^^*-®®iith century three towns have successively 
sitiiotod ^ of St. Thomas of Guiana. The first was 
of the p opposite to the island of Paxardo, at the confiuence 
^ arony and tlm Orinoco, and was destroyed* by the 
the «econd'^*ri?^f'^* voyages undertaken at Raleigh’s expense was in 1595 ; 
Thomas MLham in 1596 ; the third, described by 
only were perf”*’ *“1697 5 and the fourth, in 1617. The fii-st and last 
beheaded Raleigh in person. This celebrated man was 
Santo Toma« *-he 29th, 1618. It is therefore the second town of 
Raleigh. ’ called Vieja Guyana, which existed in the time ol 
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