Excerpt from British Aggressions in Venezuela, or the Monroe Doctrine on Trial On the northeastern shores of the South American continent, extending westward and southward from the Atlantic ocean and the gulf of Paria to the Orinoco river and the watersheds of the Amazon, is a vast expanse of rich and beautiful, though as yet but sparsely populated country, known as the Guayanas.1 Such is its peculiar topographical conformation that, although within the lines of the tropics, it has great diversity of climate, and is capable of almost every variety of agricultural product common to the temperate zone. Its natural wealth of soil, mine, and forest is almost incalculable; while its favored geographical position, fine harbors, and network of navigable rivers place it in the very front rank of future commercial possibilities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.