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050 4 _aPQ
100 1 _aAimard, Gustave,
_d1818-1883
240 1 3 _aLa castille d'or. Dutch
245 1 3 _aDe goudzoekers
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2026-04-03
508 _aJeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg
520 _a"De goudzoekers" by Gustave Aimard is a novel written in the mid-19th century. It follows the buccaneer Montbars the Exterminator, his fierce follower Tributor, and comrades as they slip into Spanish-held waters near the Gulf of Venezuela to reconnoiter and prepare a daring strike on Maracaibo. Expect jungle-and-river perils, stealthy scouting, and a clash of motives—revenge for some, a missing woman for others. The opening of the novel finds three men in a prauw (canoe) landing at a hidden river mouth on the Venezuelan coast and revealing themselves as Brothers of the Coast—Montbars, Luiwammes, and the giant Tributor, with their keen hound Monaco. After surviving a shipwreck, they aim for Maracaibo, battling through choking waterweeds and a night of terrifying caiman swarms while foraging for fish, fowl, and fruit. A midnight bear shot by Tributor leads to a joyful reunion with allies Philippe and Pitrians, whose nearby brigantine, supplies, and money transform the odds. At dawn they divide reconnaissance tasks—coastline, soundings, inland routes—while Montbars and Philippe plan to enter the city with convincing Spanish papers; naturalist interludes (caiman duels and nests) punctuate their march to the concealed ship, where a final council ends with Montbars demanding sole command and Philippe pledging obedience as the venture truly begins. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_c's-Gravenhage: De Erven J.L. Nierstrasz., 1905
653 _aAdventure stories
653 _aFrench fiction -- Translations into Dutch
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78354
999 _c119074
_d119074