CHARLES BARRINGTON BROWN (1839 -1917)
Cerro Roraima (2,810 m- 9,220 ft)
Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana border
In Tepuy Roraima, lithograph, 1870, British Library
The mountain
Cerro Roraima (2,810m- 9,220ft) or Tepuy Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of Tepui plateaus in South America. First described by the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh during his 1595 expedition, its 31-square-kilometre (12-square-mile) summit area is bounded on all sides by cliffs rising 400 metres (1,300 ft). The mountain also serves as the tripoint of Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil. Mount Roraima lies on the Guiana Shield in the southeastern corner of Venezuela's 30,000-square-kilometre (12,000-square-mile) Canaima National Park forming the highest peak of Guyana's Highland Range.
The highest point in Guyana and the highest point of the Brazilian state of Roraima lie on the plateau, but Venezuela and Brazil have higher mountains elsewhere. The triple border point is at 5°12′08″N 60°44′07″W,[6] but the mountain's highest point is Maverick Rock or Maverick Stone, at the southern end of the plateau and wholly within Venezuela.
The artist
Charles Barrington Brown (1839 -1917) is a Canadian geologist and explorer. He studied at Harvard University and the Royal School of Mines. In 1869 and 1872, it took up to 17 days from British Guiana to reach Mount Roraima on the border with Brazil and Venezuela. He is the first to describe the Tök-Wasen, a monolith located at the southern end of the mountain, and to suggest the ascent by a balloon. He is also the discoverer of Kaieteur Falls on the Potaro, a tributary of Essequibo, on April 24, 1870, and New River Springs in 1871.
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