Description: Reclus18_12 1893 Reclus print CARACAS, VENEZUELA, #12 Nice view titled Caracas. Vue prise au-dessus du Guaire, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, approx. page size is 28 x 19 cm, approx. image size is 19 x 13 cm. From La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes, 19 vol. (1875-94) (edition in English: The Earth and Its Inhabitants, 1878-94), great work of Elisee Reclus. Caracas city, capital of Venezuela, and one of the principal cities of South America. It is by far Venezuela's largest urban agglomeration and the nation's primary centre of industry, commerce, education, and culture. Founded in 1567 as Santiago de León de Caracas, the city grew slowly until the 1940s, after which it expanded by monumental proportions and its influence came to extend to even the remotest parts of the country. In addition to its role as the national capital, Caracas serves as the seat of government for the Federal District, comprising an area of 745 square miles (1,930 square kilometres). The city itself, however, spreads across the Federal District boundary, a considerable part of its area lying in the state of Miranda, which borders the district on the east and the south. The physical setting of Caracas is impressive. Steep mountains of the Venezuelan coastal range rise abruptly from the Caribbean Sea, affording little level land for urban development. About 7 miles (11 kilometres) southward, beyond this mountainous wall, the city spreads out in a valley. Its elevation at the centre of Caracas is 3,025 feet (922 metres), and the valley extends about 15 miles in an east–west direction. Almost all of its inhabitable area is occupied by the city, and this once green and peaceful valley is now crisscrossed by streets and highways.
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Date of Creation: 1800-1899
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