Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development

Character of Mexican cities--Value of Mexican civilisation--Types of Mexican architecture--Mexican homes and buildings--The _Plaza_--Social relations of classes--The City of Mex...

Forced labour in the mines--Silver and bloodshed--History of discovery--Guanajuato--the _veta Madre_--Spanish methods--Durango-- Zacatecas--Pachuca--The _patio_ process--Quicksi...

Principal cultivated products--Timber--The three climatic zones-- General agricultural conditions--Waste of forests--Irrigation--Region of the river Nazas--Canal-making--Cotton...

Anthropogeographical conditions--The Great Plateau--The tropical belt-- Primitive villages--Incidents of travel on the plateau--Lack of water-- Hydrographic conditions--Venomous...

Travel and description--Mexican cities--Guadalajara--Lake Chapala-- Falls of Juanacatlan--The Pacific slope--Colima--Puebla--Cities of the Great Plateau--Guanajuato--Chihuahua--...

Ethnic conditions--Spanish, Mestizos, Indians--Colour-line--Foreign element--The _peones_--Land tenure--The Spanish people--The native tribes--The Apaches--The Mexican constitut...

The Valley of Mexico--The City and the Causeways--The _Conquistadores_ enter Mexico City--Meeting of Cortes and Montezuma--Greeting of the Aztec emperor to the Spaniards--Tradit...

Monarchical _regime_ of Iturbide--Great area of Mexican Empire--Santa Anna--The Holy Alliance--Execution of Iturbide--The Monroe Doctrine-- British friendship--The United States...

Geographical conditions--Tehuantepec--Yucatan--Boundaries and area-- Population--Vera Cruz--Elevations above sea-level--Latitude--General topography--The Great Plateau--The Sier...

Financial rise of Mexico--Tendencies toward restriction against foreigners--National control of railways--Successful financial administration--Favourable budgets--Good trade con...

Central and Atlantic States--Chihuahua and the Rio Grande--Mining, forests, railways--Coahuila and its resources--Nuevo Leon and its conditions--Iron, coal, railways, textile in...

Landing of Cortes--Orizaba peak--The dawn of conquest--Discovery of Yucatan--Velasquez and Grijalva--Life and character of Cortes--Cortes selected to head the expedition--Depart...

Romance of history--Two entrance ways--Vera Cruz--Orizaba--The Great Plateau--Fortress of Ulua--Sierra Madre--Topographical structure--The Gulf coast--Tropical region--Birds, an...

Principal prehistoric monuments--Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan-- Pyramids of Teotihuacan--Toltec sun-god--Pyramid of Cholula--Pyramids of Monte Alban--Ruins of Mitla--Remarkable...

Mexico's unique conditions--Her future--Asiatic immigrants--Fostering of the native race--Encouraging of immigration--The white man in the American tropics--Future of Mexican ma...

Mexico's unique conditions--Her future--Asiatic immigrants--Fostering of the native race--Encouraging of immigration--The white man in the American tropics--Future of Mexican ma...

Lake Texcoco--Valley of Anahuac--Seat of the Aztec civilisation-- Snow-capped peaks--Pyramids of Teotihuacan--Toltecs--The first Aztecs--The eagle, cactus, and serpent--Aztec or...

General considerations--Character of Viceroy rule--Spanish civilisation--Administration of Cortes--Torture of Guatemoc--Conquests of Guatemala and Honduras--Murder of Guatemoc--...

The Valley of Mexico--The City and the Causeways--The _Conquistadores_ enter Mexico City--Meeting of Cortes and Montezuma--Greeting of the Aztec emperor to the Spaniards--Tradit...

Romance of history--Two entrance ways--Vera Cruz--Orizaba--The Great Plateau--Fortress of Ulua--Sierra Madre--Topographical structure--The Gulf coast--Tropical region--Birds, an...

Landing of Cortes--Orizaba peak--The dawn of conquest--Discovery of Yucatan--Velasquez and Grijalva--Life and character of Cortes--Cortes selected to head the expedition--Depart...

Monarchical _regime_ of Iturbide--Great area of Mexican Empire--Santa Anna--The Holy Alliance--Execution of Iturbide--The Monroe Doctrine-- British friendship--The United States...

General considerations--Character of Viceroy rule--Spanish civilisation--Administration of Cortes--Torture of Guatemoc--Conquests of Guatemala and Honduras--Murder of Guatemoc--...

Lake Texcoco--Valley of Anahuac--Seat of the Aztec civilisation-- Snow-capped peaks--Pyramids of Teotihuacan--Toltecs--The first Aztecs--The eagle, cactus, and serpent--Aztec or...

Central and Atlantic States--Chihuahua and the Rio Grande--Mining, forests, railways--Coahuila and its resources--Nuevo Leon and its conditions--Iron, coal, railways, textile in...

Principal prehistoric monuments--Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan-- Pyramids of Teotihuacan--Toltec sun-god--Pyramid of Cholula--Pyramids of Monte Alban--Ruins of Mitla--Remarkable...

Character of Mexican cities--Value of Mexican civilisation--Types of Mexican architecture--Mexican homes and buildings--The _Plaza_--Social relations of classes--The City of Mex...

Anthropogeographical conditions--The Great Plateau--The tropical belt-- Primitive villages--Incidents of travel on the plateau--Lack of water-- Hydrographic conditions--Venomous...

Travel and description--Mexican cities--Guadalajara--Lake Chapala-- Falls of Juanacatlan--The Pacific slope--Colima--Puebla--Cities of the Great Plateau--Guanajuato--Chihuahua--...

Forced labour in the mines--Silver and bloodshed--History of discovery--Guanajuato--the _veta Madre_--Spanish methods--Durango-- Zacatecas--Pachuca--The _patio_ process--Quicksi...

Financial rise of Mexico--Tendencies toward restriction against foreigners--National control of railways--Successful financial administration--Favourable budgets--Good trade con...

Principal cultivated products--Timber--The three climatic zones-- General agricultural conditions--Waste of forests--Irrigation--Region of the river Nazas--Canal-making--Cotton...

Geographical conditions--Tehuantepec--Yucatan--Boundaries and area-- Population--Vera Cruz--Elevations above sea-level--Latitude--General topography--The Great Plateau--The Sier...

Ethnic conditions--Spanish, Mestizos, Indians--Colour-line--Foreign element--The _peones_--Land tenure--The Spanish people--The native tribes--The Apaches--The Mexican constitut...