Maracaybo

(farol) of Maracaybo, which is perceived every night toward the seaside as well as in the inland parts, at Merida for example, where

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

[* What is that luminous phenomenon known under the name of the Lantern (farol) of Maracaybo, which is perceived every night toward the seaside as well as in the inland parts, at Merida for example, where

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

A somewhat similar substance, but in hard crusts, has been imported, under the names of Maracaybo guano, Pyroguanite, etc., which contains --

Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Thomas Anderson

It is calculated that in the plains from the mouths of the Orinoco to the lake Maracaybo, there are 1,200,000 head of cattle, 180,000 horses, and 90,000 mules, which belong to individual proprietors.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Various

Paraguay to the northwestern shores of Lake Maracaybo (Goajiros), from the eastern slopes of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia to the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

I mention it chiefly as a warning, for when presently I come to relate the affair of Maracaybo, those of you who have read Esquemeling may be in danger of supposing that Henry Morgan really performed those things which here are veraciously attributed to Peter Blood.

Captain Blood Rafael Sabatini 1912

Let Captain Blood do his worst at Maracaybo, there should be a bitter reckoning for him when eventually he decided -- as, sooner or later, decide he must -- to come forth.

Captain Blood Rafael Sabatini 1912

I will spare this city of Maracaybo and forthwith evacuate it, leaving behind me the forty prisoners I have taken, in consideration of your paying me the sum of fifty thousand pieces of eight and one hundred head of cattle as a ransom, thereafter granting me unmolested passage of the bar.

Captain Blood Rafael Sabatini 1912

"I have answered him that unless within four-and-twenty hours we have his parole to stand out to sea, ceasing to dispute our passage or hinder our departure, and a ransom of fifty thousand pieces of eight for Maracaybo, we shall reduce this beautiful city to ashes, and thereafter go out and destroy his fleet."

Captain Blood Rafael Sabatini 1912

The odds was heavier at Maracaybo; yet we won out, and took three ships.

Captain Blood Rafael Sabatini 1912