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" Spaniards, regardless of the insalubrity of the air, to fix their habitations there, in order to raise cacao and provisions. These settlements, which were very much dispersed, were not able to command sufficient funds for laying the foundation of a village,... "
Travels in South America, during ... 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804. Transl - Page 73
by François Raymond J. de Pons - 1807
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A Voyage to the Eastern Part of Terra Firma, Or the Spanish Main ..., Volume 1

François Joseph Pons - 1806 - 390 pages
...a city. There is but one chaTl pel placed nearly in the centre of the scattered habitations, and u curate for performing divine service and administering...and opposite are two villages, the one called Punta * Piedra, inhabited by Indians, the other Altagracia, occupied by Spaniards upon the left bank. The...
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Colombia: Siendo una relacion geografica, topografica, agricultural ...

Alexander Walker - 1822 - 844 pages
...the insalubrity of the air, to fix their habitations there, in order to raise cacao and provisions. The southern extremity of the lake is uncultivated...but incomparably healthier. The city of Maracaibo is situate on the left bank to the west ; and opposite are two villages, the one called Punta a Piedra,...
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Colombia: Being a Geographical, Statistical, Agricultural ..., Volume 1

Alexander Walker - 1822 - 846 pages
...the insalubrity of the air, to fix their habitations there, in order to raise cacao and provisions. The southern extremity of the lake is uncultivated...but incomparably healthier. The city of Maracaibo is situate on the left bank to the west ; and opposite are two villages, the one called Punta a Piedra,...
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The Modern Traveller: A Description, Geographical, Historical, and ..., Volume 8

Josiah Conder - 1830 - 360 pages
...not able to command sufficient funds for laying the foundation o£~ a village, much less of a town. There is but one chapel, placed nearly in the centre...other parts, but incomparably healthier. The city of Maracaybo is situated on the left bank to the west : opposite to it are two villages; the one called...
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