Identifier: flyingtriptotrop00robirich (find matches)
Title: A flying trip to the tropics. A record of an ornithological visit to the United States of Colombia, South America and to the island of Curaçao, West Indies, in the year 1892
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Robinson, Wirt, 1864-1929
Subjects: Birds -- Colombia Natural history -- Colombia Travel -- Colombia Travel -- Netherlands Antilles
Publisher: Cambridge (Mass.) : Riverside press

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nstance, the area of Colombia isover 500,000 square miles, or equal to the combined area of theNew England States, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dela-ware, Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,North Carolina, and Georgia. It is of irregular shape; its greatestlength is about 1,250 miles, its breadth 1,100 miles, that is, eachdimension is, roughly, a third greater than the distance from NewYork to Chicago. It is one of the most mountainous countries inthe world. The great Andes of Ecuador, crossing its southernboundary, split into three nearly parallel ranges. The westernrange follows the Pacific coast, decreasing in altitude as it enters theIsthmus of Panama. The central range runs directly north until itterminates about one hundred miles from the Caribbean Sea. Onits western side flows the Cauca, on its eastern the Magdalena,which unite at its termination and continue northward to the sea.The eastern range is more irregular and bears oif to the northeast.
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(d) 11 (Qi)b) 0 LuiH ii sa L^a ij aiisiiia (i:^ sia^^ L.f.yrtgkt tHq.i, by Hm -M. BradUy. THE ISLAND OF CURACAO. 21) A portion extends through Venezuela, whilst another portion con-tinues as far as the Caribbean, Avliere, near Santa Marta, it rises insnowy peaks 16,500 feet above the sea. From the eastern slope ofthis range countless rivers flow into the Amazon, the Negro, and theOrinoco. The Magdalena, which is practically the only highway inColombia, has a dangerous bar at its mouth, but above this is navi-gable by steamers of light draught to Yeguas, a distance of some630 miles. Here there is an interruption due to rapids, but aboveHonda small steamers continue the navigation to Neiva, and canoesare used even farther, making the total navigable length nearly1,000 miles. From Honda to the sea the river falls between 800and 1,000 feet, so is very swift, and were it not for its crookedness,the current would prevent navigation. Climates of all tempera-tures, from torrid heat to perpetu

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