Orellana continues a further twelve hundred kilometers…

August 1542 CE

Orellana continues a further twelve hundred kilometers to the mouth of the Amazon, which he reaches on August 24, 1542, demonstrating the practical navigability of the Great River.

Having completed what is surely one of the most improbably successful voyages in known history, Orellana and his party sail along the Atlantic coast until reaching Cubagua Island, near the coast of Venezuela.

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Macapá Amapá Brazil View →

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Francisco de Orellana View →

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Brazil, Colonial View → Panama, Royal Audencia of View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View →

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Colonization of the Americas, Spanish View → Orellana's explorations of the Amazon Basin View →

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Weapons View → Gem materials View → Strategic metals View → Slaves View → Sweeteners View → Land View → Tobacco View →

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Commerce View → Watercraft View → Labor and Service View → Exploration View → Government View → Finance View →

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