Guatemala
by William Tufts Brigham
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About this eBook
- Author
- Brigham, William Tufts, 1841-1926
- Title
- Guatemala : the land of the quetzal; a sketch
- Original Publication
- United States: Charles Scribner's sons, 1887.
- Credits
- Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F1461: Latin America local history: Guatemala
- Subject
- Guatemala -- Antiquities
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 70929
- Release Date
- June 6, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 5.GUATEMALA: THE LAND OF THE QUETZAL. — CHAPTER I. THE KINGDOM OF GUATEMALA.
- 6.CHAPTER II. THE ATLANTIC COAST AND ITS CONNECTIONS.
- 7.CHAPTER III. ACROSS THE CONTINENT, WESTWARD TO COBAN.
- 8.CHAPTER IV. FROM COBAN TO QUEZALTENANGO.
- 9.CHAPTER V. FROM QUEZALTENANGO TO THE PACIFIC.
- 10.CHAPTER VI. GUATEMALA CITY.
- 11.CHAPTER VII. GUATEMALA TO ESQUIPULAS.
- 12.CHAPTER VIII. ESQUIPULAS AND QUIRIGUA.
- 13.CHAPTER IX. IN THE OLDEN TIME. — COMPARISON OF CERTAIN WORDS IN THE MAYA DIALECTS.
- 14.CHAPTER X. THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA. — CLASSIFICATION OF IMPORTS BY SEA IN 1884. — IMPORTED IN 1884 FROM — TABLE OF EXPORTS.
- 15.CHAPTER XI. VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL PRODUCTIONS.
- 16.CHAPTER XII. EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES. — VOLCANOES. — LIST OF THE RECORDED ERUPTIONS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. — EARTHQUAKES.
- 17.APPENDIX. — A LIST OF COMMON CABINET WOODS, DYE-WOODS, AND TIMBER. — LEAF-CUTTING ANTS. — QUICHÉ PRAYER. — THE NAMES OF GUATEMALTECAN TOWNS. — NO RUINS OF DWELLINGS. — MIXTURE OF RACES IN CENTRAL AMERICA. — GUATEMALTECAN COOKERY. — PHOTOGRAPHS USED IN ILLUSTRATION. — MONEY IN GUATEMALA. — CERTAIN HEIGHTS DETERMINED BY THE FRENCH EXPEDITION. — WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. — A LIST OF PLANTS OBSERVED IN GUATEMALA. — A LIST OF WORKS RELATING TO CENTRAL AMERICA.
- 18.FOOTNOTES
- 19.INDEX.
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