. The earth and its inhabitants ... neraries of Colombia and Venezuela in chronolosrical order : ■ Columbus . 1498 Speier . Nino, Guon-a. U99 Berlanga . Hojeda, Vespucci 1499 Cesar Bastidas . . Ampudia . Balboa .... 1513 Quesada Andagoya . . 1522 Fredemann Alfinger 1530 Belalcazar . Diego de Ordaz . 1531 Robledo Heredia . . 1533 Badillo . 153415351535153615371537153715391539 Gonzalo PizarroOrellanaBerrio .Juan de Sosa .La CondamineSolano .Humboldt .Boussingault .Schomburs:k . 154015401591160917401763179918311840 Codazzi. 1850 Reiss and Stiibel. 1870 Steinheil . . 1872 André .... 1875 Cre
. The earth and its inhabitants ... neraries of Colombia and Venezuela in chronolosrical order : ■ Columbus . 1498 Speier . Nino, Guon-a. U99 Berlanga . Hojeda, Vespucci 1499 Cesar Bastidas . . Ampudia . Balboa .... 1513 Quesada Andagoya . . 1522 Fredemann Alfinger 1530 Belalcazar . Diego de Ordaz . 1531 Robledo Heredia . . 1533 Badillo . 153415351535153615371537153715391539 Gonzalo PizarroOrellanaBerrio .Juan de Sosa .La CondamineSolano .Humboldt .Boussingault .Schomburs:k . 154015401591160917401763179918311840 Codazzi. 1850 Reiss and Stiibel. 1870 Steinheil . . 1872 André .... 1875 Crevaux 1878 Schenck 1880 Hettner 1883 Sievers .... 1884 Chaffanjon . 1885 CLIMATIC ADVANTAGES OF COLOMBIA. 139 cultivable lands at all altitudes and under all the latitudes and longitudes ofthe country. Hence Colombia would be in a position to welcome multitudes of immigrantswere accessible routes constructed from the coast to the uninhabited or sparsely Fig. 51.—Zones of Altitude in 1 : 9,500, Heights. 0 to .3,300Feet. 3,300 to 6,600Feet. 6,600 to 13,200Feet. 0 to .500Fathoms. Depths. 500 to 1,000 Fathoms 1,000 to Feetand upwards. 2,000 Fathomsand upwards. 186 Miles. peopled regions of the temperate and cold zones. But the difficulties of theapproaches to the uplands have hitherto kept settlers at a distance, while the hot,low-lying coastlands are unsuitable for white colonisation. UO SOUTH AMERICA—THE ANDES REGIONS. Relief of the Land. In Colombia the highest group of mountains forms no part of the Andeansystem, but rises in complete isolation on the \erge of the Atlantic as a triangularpyramid, with its most regular side facing seawards, its second turned westwardsto the Rio Magdalena, and its third south-eastwards to the rivers Cesar andRancheria. The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, as it is called, covers a space of some 6,500square miles, standing out like an insular mass high above the surrounding swampsand lowlands. At a forme
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