Excerpt from Venezuela, Vol. 1 The Republic of the United States of Venezuela occupies the central portion of the northern extremity of South America and lies within the torrid zone between 12° 20' latitude north and 10 40' latitude south, and between 10° 20' east and 0° 50' west longitude from the meridian of Caracas. The country was discovered by Christopher Columbus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.