Title:   The American universal geography : or, A view of the present state of all the kingdoms, states, and colonies in the known world

Creator:
Morse, Jedidiah   Arrowsmith, Aaron   Lewis, Samuel  

Date:  1819

Language:  English  (view/translate full-text )

Description:

The American universal geography : or, A view of the present state of all the kingdoms, states, and colonies in the known world
Jedidiah Morse, Aaron Arrowsmith, Samuel Lewis
1819

Source: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_American_Universal_Geography/MHI9AAAAYAAJ (Public Domain)

Notes: Aruba, Orubilla, p. 766:
"LESSER ANTILLES
THESE islands lie between lat. 10 30 and 12 25 N. and between lon. 63 20 and 69 50 W.; and stretch from S. by E.to N. by W. along the northern coast of South-America, in a direction near parallel with the Greater Antilles. Margarita, the most eastern, is 2° 10’ farther east than Porto Rico; while Cuba is 15° 10' farther west than Orubilla, the most western. The following is a list of the principal islands with the smaller ones in the neighborhood of each:
Margarita {Cubagua, Coche, Feayles, Sola, the Testigos, Blanca: and the Seven Brothers}
Tortuga or Sal Tortuga.
Orchilla. The Roca islands
Bonair Aves
Curacoa Little Curacoa
Aruba or Oruba Orubilla."
Aruba, Orubilla, p. 768:
"ARUBA.
Aruba, or Oruba, lies 13 leagues W. of Curacoa, is 15 miles long, and 8 broad. It is uninhabited. It abounds in timber. Orubilla is an islet a little N. W.of Aruba."

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