The Fatherland: (1450-1700) : showing the part it bore in the discovery, exploration and development of the western continent with special reference to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; ptIof a narrative and critical history, prepared at the reque . tionsof the shell-mounds on the Florida Keys by Mr. Cushing have broughtto light numerous remains which seem to indicate that this settlementupon the shore ot Coro was a relic of an ancient civilization which onceextended along the shores of the Caribbean sea and the Gulf of records state that on acconut of the marine location of th
The Fatherland: (1450-1700) : showing the part it bore in the discovery, exploration and development of the western continent with special reference to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; ptIof a narrative and critical history, prepared at the reque . tionsof the shell-mounds on the Florida Keys by Mr. Cushing have broughtto light numerous remains which seem to indicate that this settlementupon the shore ot Coro was a relic of an ancient civilization which onceextended along the shores of the Caribbean sea and the Gulf of records state that on acconut of the marine location of this Indianvillage, they called the place Little Venice, a name which eventuallybecame Venezuela. During the Spanish reghne, prior to 1636, the townwas a rich and important one. After the removal of the seat of govern-ment to Caracas in the latter year, it lost much of its wealth and impor-tance. It is now chiefly known for its commerce and export trade. Thetown has four fine churches and about 10,000 inhabitants. The greatdrawback to its development has been a lack of drinking water, whichhas to be carried from the mainland. Arms of Nilrjiberg. 93: tlie West Indies. Among these expeditions of theWelsers which deserve special mention, are those. Arms of the Imperial City of Nurxberg. under Nicolaus Federmann, George Hohemuth,^^ von ^ George Hohemuth (not Frohermuth, as occasionally written) was-a native of Memmingen, but is usually known as of Speyer. 94 The Pennsylvafiia-Ger77tan Society. Speir, and the Frankish knight Philip von Hntten,^^a nobleman from Birkenfeld; and, later, the expedi-tions sent out by the Fuggers to develop the westerncoast of South America. *^ Philip von Hutten was a brother to Bishop Moritz von Hutten atEichstedt, He left a diary covering the period from 1538 to 1541,?which was published by Meusel, under the title Zeitmig mis Indien^{Bibliotheca Historica, vol. iii, Hps., 17S7).
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