Up the Orinoco and Down the Magdalena

by J. A. Zahm

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Up the Orinoco and Down the Magdalena, by J. A. Zahm, is a cavalcade in the Andes, following the conquistadores up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena. The text asks whether the great Admiral, Columbus, had not announced that he had located the site of the Terrestrial Paradise, when he sailed by the rushing water of the Orinoco.

The text describes Maracas Falls, three hundred feet in height, as a reproduction of Bridal Falls in the Yosemite, with the added setting of tropical verdure. The text says no pen can picture the exquisite charm of the Caura or Maraval valleys, of Blue Basin and Macaripe Bay, or of the Five Islands. The text warns against imagining, as is so often done, that a Fons Juventutis, such as Ponce de Leon and his contemporaries sought for, was something unheard of in the history of our race.

About the author

J. A. Zahm

J. A. Zahm (1851-1921), in full John Augustine Zahm, was an American Holy Cross priest, writer and scientist who explored South America. He worked as a university teacher, naturalist and travel writer, and was born in New Lexington, Ohio. His books include "Woman in Science".