Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.

EXPLORATION OF THE FAR WEST--LONG, NICOLLET, FRÉMONT--SANTA FÉ TRADE--FIRST ADVENTURERS--CARAVANS--NEW MEXICO ERECTED BY CONGRESS INTO A TERRITORY--GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF NEW M...

BOUNDARIES OF VERA CRUZ--RIVERS, LAGUNES, MINERAL SPRINGS, POPULATION, POLITICAL DIVISIONS, PRODUCTIONS, CATTLE, CITIES, TOWNS.--VERA CRUZ--ITS DISEASES--METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVAT...

STATE OF QUERÉTARO--BOUNDARIES--DIVISIONS--CHARACTERISTICS--RIVERS--POPULATION AND CLIMATE--DISTRICTS, ETC.--AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS--FORESTS--FACTORIES--CITIES--MINES.--STATE OF...

DIVISION OF POPULATION--WHITES--INDIANS--AFRICANS--LEPEROS--RANCHEROS --CHARACTERISTICS --INDIFFERENCE--PROCRASTINATION.--FEMALES--BETTER CLASSES--THEIR SOCIAL HABITS--ENTERTAIN...

REFLECTIONS ON EMIGRATION--ADVANTAGES OF AMERICA--LAND AND LABOR.--MINES WROUGHT BY AZTECS--MINING DISTRICTS AND EXTENT IN MEXICO.--ERRORS AS TO EARLY SUPPLY OF METALS FROM AMER...

DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY OF MEXICO--CATHEDRAL--ITS ARCHITECTURE AND RICHES--THE PALACE--UNIVERSITY--MARKET--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, ETC.--PORTALES--MINERIA--LA MERCED--SAN DOMINGO--...

STATE OF CHIHUAHUA--POSITION--BOUNDARIES--EXTENT--CHARACTERISTICS--RIVERS --LAKES--INDIANS--DIVISIONS--CLIMATE--PRODUCTIONS--CATTLE ESTATES--MINT--MINES--PRINCIPAL TOWNS--CHIHUA...

ESTATES IN THE VALLEYS OF CUERNAVACA AND CUAUTLA--MEXICAN HACIENDAS.--SUGAR REGIONS--COFFEE--ITS YIELD.--TOBACCO--ORIZABA--CHIAPAS, ETC.--INDIGO--COTTON.--MANUFACTURES ENCOURAGE...

THE MILITARY IN MEXICO BEFORE AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION--CONFIRMATION OF ARMY--ITS POLITICAL USE.--CHARACTER OF MEXICAN SOLDIERS--RECRUITING--TACTICS--OFFICERS.--DRAMATIC CHARACT...

AGRICULTURE--DRY AND RAINY SEASONS.--IRRIGATION--YIELD OF CORN LANDS.--COLONIAL RESTRICTIONS.--COLONIAL DEPENDENCE--BAD INTERCOMMUNICATION--ARRIEROS.--CORN LANDS--DIFFERENT KIND...

DIVISION OF MEXICO INTO STATES--EASTERN, WESTERN, INTERIOR. YUCATAN--BOUNDARIES, DEPARTMENTS, POPULATION, DISTRICTS, TOWNS, PARISHES, PRODUCTIONS, PRINCIPAL TOWNS, ISLANDS, HARB...

RELATIONS BETWEEN THE MEXICAN CHURCH AND THE POPE.--CLERGY, MONKS, NUNS, MONASTERIES, CONVENTS.--WEALTH OF THE CHURCH.--RATIO OF CLERGY AND PEOPLE.--HIGH AND LOW CLERGY--THEIR H...

Nearly all of this State lies in the torrid zone, occupying a portion of the table land, and stretching westwardly down the slopes of the Sierra Madre to the Pacific Ocean, betw...

ABSENCE OF ACCURACY--HUMBOLDT.--SUPERFICIAL EXTENT OF MEXICAN TERRITORY.--PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF MEXICO--VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS--CLIMATES--TIERRAS TEMPLADAS, CALIENTES, FRIAS.--POLIT...

ANTIQUITIES IN THE MUSEUM--STATUE OF CHARLES IV.--CONDITION OF THE MUSEUM--FEATHERED SERPENTS--VICEROY'S PORTRAITS--CORTÉZ--PORTRAIT--ARMOR--PEDRO DE ALVARADO--IMAGES--VASES--TE...

INCOME OF NEW SPAIN 1809--EXPENSES OF NEW SPAIN 1809.--MINERAL PRODUCTIONS--MILITARY FORCE--AGRICULTURE--MANUFACTURES.--COMMERCE--EXPORTS--IMPORTS.--PRESENT COMMERCE--IMPORTS--E...

VARIOUS CHANGES OF THE MEXICAN CONSTITUTION.--PRESENT ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS.--CONSTITUTION OF 1847.--LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIARY--NATIONAL AND STATE.-...

The State of Mechoacan is the old Spanish Intendencia of Vallodolid, and includes a great part of the ancient Indian Kingdom of Mechoacan, or Mechoacan of the Tarascos. It is bo...

The State of San Luis Potosi is bounded on the east by the State of Tamaulipas; on the north by Nuevo Leon; on the west by Zacatécas; on the south by Guanajuato and Querétaro, a...

This State, which includes the national capital and the federal district, lies between 16° 34´ and 21° 7´ of north latitude and 100°, 17, 30´´ and 105°, 7´, 30´´ W. longitude fr...

Every reader who has accompanied us thus far in studying the history, geography, resources, and character of Mexico, will scarcely require to be told why it is that the nation h...

Sinaloa is bounded on the south by Jalisco, on the east by Durango, on the south-west by Chihuahua, on the north by Sonora and on the west by the Pacific coast for a distance of...

This rich and beautiful State lies, for 118 leagues, along the Pacific Ocean. On the north-west, it is bounded by the State of Puebla, on the north by Vera Cruz, and east by the...

It is to be regretted that no very accurate census of Mexico has ever been made, and that since the year 1831, no effort has been persistently pursued by the government to enume...

The distracted political condition of Mexico since 1809, has contributed largely to the proverbial impoverishment and financial discredit of a country, which, nevertheless, has...

KEY: A: No. of factories. B: Spindles in operation. C: Spindles erecting. D: Total. E: No. of looms. F: Quintals of cotton consumed weekly. G: Weekly product of pounds of cotton...

TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO.--Exploration of the far west--Long, Nicollet, Frémont--Santa Fé trade--First adventurers--Caravans--New Mexico erected by Congress into a territory--Geo...

springs, population, political divisions, productions, cattle, cities, towns--Vera Cruz--Its diseases--Meteorological observations at--Water fallen at Vera Cruz--Orizaba--Ascent...

Extent, Characteristics, Rivers, Lakes, Indians, Divisions, Climate, Productions--Cattle estates--Mint--Mines--Principal towns--Chihuahua--El Paso del Norte--Military importance...

Characteristics, Rivers, Population and climate, Districts, etc., Agricultural products, Forests, Factories, Cities, Mines--State of Guanajuato--Boundaries, Extent, Soil--Lake Y...

and labor--Mines wrought by Aztecs--Mining districts and extent in Mexico--Errors as to early supply of metals from America--True period of abundance--Mines not exhausted--Condi...

revolution--Confirmation of army--Its political use--Character of Mexican soldiers--Recruiting--Tactics--Officers--Dramatic character of army--Recriminations--Condition of the a...

interior--Yucatan--Boundaries, departments, population, districts, towns, parishes, productions, principal towns, islands, harbors--Chiapas--Boundaries, products, departments, t...

Pope--Clergy--Monks--Nuns--Monasteries--Convents--Wealth of the church--Ratio of clergy and people--High and low clergy--their history--vices--Monks--Rural clergy--Their charact...

Jorullo--Theories of Humboldt and Lyell--Present condition--Rivers of Mechoacan--Climate, Health, Indians, Departments, Agriculture, Towns, Mines--Jalisco--Boundaries, Populatio...

of New Spain 1809--Mineral productions--Military force--Agriculture--Manufactures--Commerce--Exports--Imports--Present commerce--Imports--Exports--Nineteen years trade between t...

population--Whites--Indians--Africans--Leperos--Rancheros--Characteristics, Indifference, Procrastination--Females--Better Classes--Their social habits--Entertainments--Leperos-...

IV.--Condition of the museum--Feathered serpents--Viceroy's portraits--Cortéz--Portrait--Armor--Pedro de Alvarado--Images--Vases--Tezcoco--Palace--Trough--Massive mounds--Tescoc...

architecture and riches--The Palace, University, Market, Chamber of Deputies, etc.--Portales--Mineria--La Merced--San Domingo--Characters and costumes--Paseos--Alameda--Aqueduct...

Lakes, Rivers, Climate, Departments, Products--San Luis--Towns--Mining region--New Leon--Boundaries, Character, Rivers, Climate, Departments--Agriculture--Grazing, etc.--Montere...

constitution--Present organization of the national and state governments--Constitution of 1847--Legislative and judiciary--National and state--Judiciary--Administration of justi...