The Devil-tree of El Dorado (eBook, ePUB) - Aubrey, Frank
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Shall Roraima be handed over to Venezuela? Shall the mysterious mountain long known to scientists as foremost among the wonders of our earth — regarded by many as the greatest marvel of the world — become definitely Venezuelan territory? This is the question that hangs in the balance at the time these words are being written, that is inseparably associated — though many of the public know it not — with the dispute that has arisen about the boundaries of British Guiana. Ever since Sir Robert Schomburgk first explored the colony at the expense of the Royal Geographical Society some sixty years…mehr

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Shall Roraima be handed over to Venezuela? Shall the mysterious mountain long known to scientists as foremost among the wonders of our earth — regarded by many as the greatest marvel of the world — become definitely Venezuelan territory?
This is the question that hangs in the balance at the time these words are being written, that is inseparably associated — though many of the public know it not — with the dispute that has arisen about the boundaries of British Guiana.
Ever since Sir Robert Schomburgk first explored the colony at the expense of the Royal Geographical Society some sixty years ago, Roraima has remained an unsolved problem of romantic and fascinating interest, as attractive to the ‘ordinary person’ as to the man of science. And to those acquainted with the wondrous possibilities that lie behind the solution of the problem, the prospect of its being handed over to a country so little worthy of the trust as is Venezuela, cannot be contemplated without feelings of disappointment and dismay.
Autorenporträt
Frank Aubrey was the pseudonym of Francis Henry Atkins (1847-1927), a popular British pulp fiction writer. While not much is known about Atkins, he published widely in some of the leading Victorian pulp magazines and is seen as a pioneer in the lost world genre of science fiction. The Devil Tree of El Dorado (1896), his most famous novel, is a story of fantasy and adventure set in the colony of British Guiana. Atkins' son, Frank Howard Atkins, would follow in his footsteps to become a successful pulp fiction writer in his own right, publishing stories in Pearson's Magazine, The Grand Magazine, and Adventure.