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The History of Venezuela (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations)
The History of Venezuela - The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations
Author: H. Micheal Tarver, Julia C. Frederick
On his third voyage of discovery from Spain, Christopher Columbus sighted Venezuela. Spanish explorers observed native homes built on stilts at the water's edge and gave the land its name, which means "little Venice." Venezuela became a Spanish colony for the next 300 years before the South American Independence Movement which liberated the coun...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780313335259
ISBN-10: 0313335257
Publication Date: 10/30/2005
Pages: 192
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Publisher: Greenwood Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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