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Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development By: C. Reginald (Charles Reginald) Enock (1868-1970) |
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[Frontispiece: AN IDYLL OF MEXICO: INDIAN CARRIERS, RUINED CHURCH, AND
SNOW CLAD PEAK OF ORIZABA.]
MEXICO ITS ANCIENT AND MODERN CIVILISATION
HISTORY AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS
TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
INDUSTRIES AND GENERAL DEVELOPMENT
BY C. REGINALD ENOCK, F.R.G.S. CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
AUTHOR OF "PERU" AND "THE ANDES AND THE AMAZON"
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
MARTIN HUME, M.A.
WITH A MAP AND SEVENTY FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
First Edition 1909
Second Impression 1910
Third Impression 1912
Fourth Impression 1914
Fifth Impression 1919 (All rights reserved)
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
PREFACE
The purpose of this work is to treat of Mexico as a topographical and
political entity, based upon a study of the country from travel and
observation; a method such as has found favour in my book upon Peru.
The method of viewing a country as a whole, with its people,
topography, and general conditions in natural relation to each other,
is one which commands growing acceptance in a busy age. I have been
able to observe much of the actual life and character of
Spanish American countries from considerable travel therein. Both
Mexico and Peru ever lured me on as seeming to hold for me some El
Dorado, and if I have not reaped gold as the Conquistadores did, there
are nevertheless other matters of satisfaction accruing to the
traveller from his journeys in those splendid territories of mountain
and forest. Mexico, superfluous to say, is not part of South America, although this
book appears in this series. But it is part of that vast
Spanish speaking New World whose development holds much of interest;
and which may occupy a more important part in coming years than is
generally thought of at present. THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS
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BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi INTRODUCTION BY MARTIN HUME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv CHAPTER I
A FIRST RECONNAISSANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 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, animals, and vegetation of coast
zone Tierra caliente Malaria Foothills Romantic scenery General
configuration of Mexico Climatic zones Temperate zone Cold zone The
Cordillera Snow capped peaks Romance of mining Devout miners
Subterranean shrines The great deserts Sunset on the Great Plateau
Coyotes and zopilotes Irrigated plantations Railways Plateau of
Anahuac The cities of the mesa central Spanish American
civilisation Romance of Mexican life Mexican girls, music, and
moonlight The peones and civilisation American comparisons
Pleasing traits of the Mexicans The foreigner in Mexico Picturesque
mining towns Wealth of silver Conditions of travel Railways
Invasions Lerdo's axiom Roads and horsemen Strong religious
sentiment Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl Sun god of Teotihuacan City
of Mexico Valley of Mexico The Sierra Madre Divortia aquarum of
the continent Volcano of Colima Forests and ravines Cuernavaca The
trail of Cortes Acapulco Romantic old haciendas Tropic sunset
Unexplored Guerrero Perils and pleasures of the trail Sunset in the
Pacific Ocean. CHAPTER II
THE DAWN OF MEXICO: TOLTECS AND AZTECS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 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 oracle and wanderings
Tenochtitlan Prehistoric American civilisations Maya, Incas Quito
and Peru The dawn of history The Toltec empire Rise, regime ,
fall Quetzalcoatl Otomies Chichemecas Nezahualcoyotl Astlan The
seven tribes and their wanderings Mexican war god The Teocallis
Human sacrifices Prehistoric City of Mexico The Causeways Aztec
arts, kings, and civilisation Montezuma Guatemoc Impressions of the
Spaniards The golden age of Texcoco Vandalism of Spanish
archbishop The poet king and his religion Temple to the Unknown
God Aztecs and Incas compared The Tlascalans The Otomies Cholula
Mexican tribes Aztec buildings Prehistoric art Origin of American
prehistoric civilisation Biblical analogies Supposed Asiatic and
Egyptian origins Aboriginal theory... Continue reading book >>
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