Note 2 — Chapter XI · THE MUISCA TRAIL
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The Sabana of Bogotá resembles somewhat the plain of Caracas except that it is far more extensive than the Venezuelan plateau. Both have been regarded as the beds of lakes that have long since disappeared. Whatever may be said about the existence of a lake in the vale of Caracas, it seems now quite certain that there never was any great body of water, such as has so long been imagined, occupying the region now known as the Sabana de Bogotá.2 Recent investigations appear to have decided this much-debated question against Humboldt and those who accepted his views regarding this matter.