text:  The Llanos from the Caqueta to the Apure and from thence to the Delta of the Orinoco contain 17 000 square marine leagues--a space nearly equal to the area of France; that which stretches to the north and south is of nearly double the extent or considerably larger than the surface of Germany; and the Pampas of Buenos Ayres which extend from thence towards Cape Horn are of such extent that while one end is shaded by the palm-trees of the tropics the other equally flat is charged with the snows of the antarctic circle