A Woyage

TO THE

EASTERN PART OF TERRA FIRMA,

OR THE

SPANISH MAIN,

IN

SOUTH-AMERICA,

DURING THE YEARS 1801, 1802, 1803, AND 1804.

CONTAINING

A description of the Territory under the jurisdiction of the Captain-Ge
neral of Caraccas, composed of the Provinces of Venezuela, Maracaibo,
Varinas, Spanish Guiana, Cumana, and the Island of Margaretta; and
embracing every thing relative to the Discovery, Conquest, Topography,
Legislation, Commerce, Finance, Inhabitants and Productions of the
Provinces, together with a view of the manners and customs of the Spa-
niards, and the savage as well as civilized Indians.

BY F. DEFONS,

LATE AGENT OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AT CARACCAS.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

WITH A LARGE MAP OF THE COUNTRY, &c.