Excerpt from Chronological History of the Discovery and Settlement of Guiana: 1493-1668 Opinions, and expressions of the time. The story of Guiana is very interesting and romantic, in this period will be found accounts of the cannibal Caribs, who kept the country gainst' all comers; the search for Manoa and El Dorado; the depots of Dutch smugglers; the little England, Holland, and France established on its coast, with all the national rej ud ices; and even a little revolution to match that of fling charles I and his parliament. 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.