Project Gutenberg 2012-06-08 Public domain in the USA. 285 Aguado, Pedro de, active 16th century De Aguado, Pedro Bécker, Jerónimo 1857 1925 Becker, Jeronimo Historia de Venezuela, Tomo II Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "Historia de Venezuela, Tomo II" by Fray Pedro de Aguado is a historical account written in the early 17th century. This work provides an in-depth exploration of the period of Spanish colonization in Venezuela, particularly focusing on the expeditions and interactions with indigenous populations during the era of the conquest. The narrative often reflects on significant figures and events that contributed to the shaping of Venezuela's history. The opening of the book begins with a prologue that discusses the historical context in which Pedro de Aguado wrote his account, including the contributions of other historians and the limited available information about his life. The text then transitions into the first chapter, detailing the governorship of Don Pedro de Heredia and his expedition to establish Cartagena. Aguado describes the challenges faced by Heredia and his men, including hostile encounters with indigenous tribes, the difficulties of navigation and survival in a new land, and the quest for gold in burial sites, which reflects the broader themes of greed, power, and the impact of conquest on both the colonizers and the indigenous peoples. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39948/39948-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 19.9 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. es Venezuela -- History -- To 1556 Venezuela -- History -- 1556-1810 F2301 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General Category: History - Other Category: History - American 1036510 2025-06-16T09:28:55.079880 text/html 1046371 2012-06-08T11:40:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 657897 2012-06-08T11:40:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 670486 2025-06-16T09:29:09.078778 application/epub+zip 692470 2025-06-16T09:28:57.079877 application/epub+zip 429393 2025-06-16T09:28:56.060879 application/epub+zip 1057486 2025-06-16T09:29:18.379744 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 890989 2025-06-16T09:29:07.893838 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 628828 2022-09-18T09:48:44.934414 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 874111 2025-06-16T09:28:53.271981 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 870352 2012-06-08T11:40:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 302941 2012-06-08T11:40:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19334 2025-06-16T09:29:18.582740 application/rdf+xml 13146 2025-06-16T09:28:56.240839 image/jpeg 1780 2025-06-16T09:28:56.152837 image/jpeg 652672 2025-06-16T09:28:55.175940 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog es.wikipedia es.wikipedia