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Discovery of Orinoco

Name: Discovery of Orinoco – England factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

England · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records

1617Date range

1Named people

2Places

Chronological records

1617

Walter Raleigh12 June 1617

Plymouth · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Sets sail for the Orinoco

Walter Raleigh31 December 1617

River Orinoco · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Reaches the Orinoco

Names involved

Walter Raleigh

Provenance

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