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  1. en.wikipedia.org

    Category: Histories of cities in Venezuela. 2 languages. ... History of Maracaibo (1 C, 2 P) This page was last edited on 31 August 2024, at 17:29 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply. By ...
  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Pre-Columbian Venezuela had an estimated population of one million. [2] In addition to indigenous peoples known today, the population included historic groups such as the Kalina (Caribs), Caquetio, Auaké, Mariche, and Timoto-Cuicas.The Timoto-Cuica culture was the most complex society in Pre-Columbian Venezuela; with pre-planned permanent villages, surrounded by irrigated, terraced fields and ...
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  4. britannica.com

    history of Venezuela, a survey of the important events and people in the history of Venezuela from the time of European settlement. Located at the northern end of South America, Venezuela occupies a roughly triangular area that is larger than the combined areas of France and Germany.The republic's development pattern has been unique among Latin American countries in terms of the speed ...
  5. localhistories.org

    By Tim Lambert Early Venezuela For centuries the indigenous peoples of Venezuela lived by farming but also by hunting and fishing. Then in 1498, Christopher Columbus became the first European to reach Venezuela. In 1499 a Spaniard named Alonso de Ojeda led another expedition to the area. He called it Venezuela, meaning little Venice, after… Continue reading A Brief History of Venezuela
  6. thoughtco.com

    One of the greatest military victories in history, only 13 patriots died and 50 were wounded, to 200 dead and 1600 captured among the enemy. Although the battle took place in Colombia, it had major consequences for Venezuela as it broke Spanish resistance in the area. Within two years Venezuela would be free.
  7. britannica.com

    Jan 15, 2025Caracas, city, capital of Venezuela, and one of the principal cities of South America.It is Venezuela's largest urban agglomeration and the country's primary centre of industry, commerce, education, and culture.Founded in 1567 as Santiago de León de Caracas, the city grew slowly until the 1940s, after which it expanded by monumental proportions, and its influence came to extend to even ...
  8. historyhit.com

    As Venezuela emerged from the early independence era, dissatisfaction grew within the country over the fact that it was being governed from Bogota. Between 1821 and about 1830, friction between the leaders of Venezuela and Gran Colombia continued until, eventually, the latter was dissolved and Venezuela became an independent nation.
  9. studycountry.com

    Independence: History of Venezuela in the Early 19 Century With but a few exploited gold mines, Venezuela lurked in the shadows of the Spanish Empire for its first three centuries. However, the country took a more prominent role at the beginning of the 19th century, when Venezuela gave Latin America one of its greatest heroes: a man named ...
  10. britannica.com

    4 days agoCaracas - Colonial Capital, Venezuela, Revolution: The settlement of Caracas occurred more than 40 years after that of Cumaná (1523), to the east, and Coro (1527), to the west. A ranch was established in the valley in 1557 by Francisco Fajardo, the son of a Spanish captain and an Indian chief's daughter, and in 1561 Juan Rodríguez Suárez founded a town on the site of the ranch; but the ...
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