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On the Mexican Highlands

On the Mexican Highlands

by William Seymour Edwards

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Author
Edwards, William Seymour, 1856-1915
Title
On the Mexican Highlands, with a Passing Glimpse of Cuba
Credits
Produced by Greg Bergquist, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
F1201: North America local history: Mexico
Subject
Cuba -- Description and travel
Category
Text
eBook-No.
42000
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42000
Release Date
February 8, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.ON THE MEXICAN HIGHLANDS With a Passing Glimpse of Cuba
  2. 2.FOREWORD
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.I Flying Impressions Between Charleston-Kanawha and New Orleans
  6. 6.II The Life and Color of New Orleans
  7. 7.III Southwestward to the Border
  8. 8.IV On to Mexico City
  9. 9.V First Impressions of Mexico City
  10. 10.VI Vivid Characteristics of Mexican Life
  11. 11.VII A Mexican Bullfight
  12. 12.VIII From Pullman Car to Mule-back
  13. 13.IX A Journey Over Lofty Tablelands
  14. 14.X A Provincial Despot and His Residence
  15. 15.XI Inguran Mines—Five Thousand Six Hundred Feet Below Ario
  16. 16.XII Antique Methods of Mining
  17. 17.XIII Some Tropical Financial Morality
  18. 18.XIV Wayside Incidents in the Land of Heat
  19. 19.XV Morelia—The Capital of the State of Michoacan—Her Streets—Her Parks—Her Churches—Her Music
  20. 20.XVI Morelia and Toluca—The Markets—The Colleges—The Schools—The Ancient and the Modern Spirit
  21. 21.XVII Cuernavaca—The County Seat of Montezuma, of Cortez and Spanish Viceroys, of Maximilian—A Pleasant Watering Place of Modern Mexico
  22. 22.XVIII The Journey by Night from Mexico City—Over the Mountains to the Sea Coast—The Ancient City of Vera Cruz
  23. 23.XIX Voyaging Across the Gulf of Mexico and Straits of Yucatan from Vera Cruz to Progresso and Havana
  24. 24.XX The City of “Habana”—Incidents of a Day’s Sojourn in the Cuban Capital
  25. 25.XXI Cuba—The Fortress of La Cabaña
  26. 26.XXII Cuba—Her Fertile Sugar Lands—Matanzas by the Sea
  27. 27.XXIII Cuba—The Tobacco Lands of Guanajay—The Town and Bay of Mariel
  28. 28.XXIV Steamer Mascot
  29. 29.INDEX

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