Treasures found by the conquistadores, [363]

Trees, remarkable, in the tropics, [156], [157]

Trinidad, island of, [54] et seq.;
scenery of, [61], [62];
smugglers in, [63]

Turtles, immense numbers of, on the sand banks of the Orinoco, [132]

V

Valencia, [45]

Varnhagen, M., on the discoveries of Americus Vespucius, [8], [9]

Venezuela, reflections on, [134]–138;
advantages and natural resources of, [134];
area of, [135];
revolutions in, [135];
future of, [136]–139

Vespucius, Americus, discoverer of Florida, [8]