political essay on the kingdom of new spain - alexander von humboldt 1811.pdf

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POLITICAL ESSAY ON THE KINGDOM OF NEW SPAIN. CONTAINING Researches relative to the Geo- raphy of Mexico, the Extent of its Surface and its political Division into Intendancies, the physical Aspect of th Coun- ry, the Population, the State of Agriculture and Manufac- uring and Commercial Indus- ry, the Cauals projected be- tween the South Sea and At. lantic Ocean, the Crown Ue- Tenues, the Quantity of the precious Metals  which have flowed from Mexico into Eu- ope and Asia, since the Dis- overy of ihe New Continent, and the Military Defence of New Spain. BY ALEXANDER DE HUMBOLDT. WITH FKY ICAL SECTIONS AND MAPSj FOUNDED ON ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS, AND TRIGONOMETRICAL AND BAROMETRICAL MEASUREMENTS. , TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH, BY JOHN BLACK. VOL. L

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Peace
del
Norte,
through
the
episcopal
seat
of
Monterey,
to
the
pre-idio
of
first
by
the
city
of
Sombrerete
Sea,
king
of
Spain,
connected
by
a manner
depend
on
the
longitude
of
that
port.
That
longitude
having
been
In
1774,
Father
Diaz
obtained
at
an an-ient
Nevada.
Trans.
xuato,
Zacatecas,
Chihuahua
and
Catorce,
and
He
should
then
tack
to
the
larboard,
placing
the
prow
towards
the
Isle
of
Sacrifices.
place,
as
the
imitations
of
my
Alps.
This
great
proximity
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level
of
the
sea.
Does
there
exist
an
uninterrupted
chain
of
mountains
is
I
could
procure
relating
to
this
isthmus,
while
I
remained
at
Cartha-
genu
and
Guayaquil^
t
appears
to
me,
that
the
expecta-ion
of
a
canal
of
frequented,
notwithstanding
he
existence
of
the
canal,
which
connects
the
ocean
Gunllaga,(or
Hnallaga,)
by
which
we
may,
without
376
feet,
and
eastern
coast
of
New
Spain.
Accordingly,
the
government,
since
the
last
taking