Orellana, F. de - Orellana

Japanese: オレリャーナ,F.de - おれりゃーな
Orellana, F. de - Orellana

… This great river was discovered in February 1500 by Portuguese-born Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (?-1515). While sailing the Atlantic Ocean along the continent, Pinzón accidentally encountered a freshwater stream. Realizing that there was a river, he named it Mar Dulce (Sweet Sea) and traveled upstream for about 80 km. Later, Spanish-born Francisco de Orellana (1511-46) set out from Quito, Ecuador, crossed the snowy Andes, and traveled down the Coca River, a tributary of the Napo River. For about nine months, until he reached the mouth of the river on August 26, 1542, he had a difficult search for El Dorado (Land of Gold). …

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Japanese:

… この大河は,1500年2月ポルトガル生れのピンソンVicente Yáñez Pinzón(?‐1515)によって発見されたのであるが,ピンソンは大西洋を大陸ぞいに航海中偶然に淡水の流れに遭遇し,川の流れのあることを知り,〈あまい海(マール・ドゥルセ)〉と名付け,約80km上流までさかのぼったという。その後,スペイン生れのフランシスコ・デ・オレリャーナFrancisco de Orellana(1511‐46)は,エクアドルのキトを出発,雪のアンデスを越え,ナポ川の支流コカ川を下った。河口に達した1542年8月26日までの約9ヵ月間,エル・ドラド(黄金郷)を求めての苦難に満ちたアマゾン探索であった。…

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