This volume tells of five American youths, who, with their tutor, sail from New York to La Guayra, touching at Curaçao on the way. They visit Caracas, go westward to the Gulf of Maracaibo and lake of the same name, and at last find themselves in the region of the mighty Orinoco, and of course they have some exciting experiences, one of which gives name to the book.
Its pictures of South American life and scenery are novel and instructive.—The Literary World, Boston.
The scenes described are of the sort to charm the hearts of adventurous boys.—The Outlook, N. Y.
VOLUME TWO
THE YOUNG VOLCANO EXPLORERS
Or American Boys in the West Indies
12mo Cloth Illustrated Price $1.25
The boys, with their tutor, sail from Venezuela to the West Indies, stopping at Jamaica, Cuba, Hayti, and Porto Rico. They have numerous adventures on the way, and then set out for St. Pierre, Martinique, where they encounter the effects of the eruption of Mt. Pelee, and two of the boys are left on a raft to shift for themselves. Life in the West Indies is well portrayed.
VOLUME THREE
YOUNG EXPLORERS OF THE ISTHMUS