Spanish America, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Name: Spanish America, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Author: Bonnycastle, Richard Henry, Sir

Bonnycastle, Richard Henry, Sir

Latin America -- Description and travel; Latin America -- History

[Illustration: SPANISH NORTH AMERICA.
  _Engraved by Sid^y. Hall 14, Dury Str^t. Blooms^y._
  _Published as the Act directs, Aug^t. 20, 1818, by Longman, Hurst,
  Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row, London._]

                         SPANISH AMERICA;

                               OR A

             DESCRIPTIVE, HISTORICAL, AND GEOGRAPHICAL

                              ACCOUNT

                                OF

                      THE DOMINIONS OF SPAIN

                              IN THE

                       _Western Hemisphere_,

                    _CONTINENTAL AND INSULAR_;

                          ILLUSTRATED BY

    A MAP OF SPANISH NORTH AMERICA, AND THE WEST-INDIA ISLANDS;
                  A MAP OF SPANISH SOUTH AMERICA,
     AND AN ENGRAVING, REPRESENTING THE COMPARATIVE ALTITUDES
                OF THE MOUNTAINS IN THOSE REGIONS.

                       BY R. H. BONNYCASTLE,

             CAPTAIN IN THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS.

              “Such of late
              Columbus found the American, so girt
              With feathered cincture, naked else and wild
              Among the trees, on iles and woody shores--
              ---- In spirit perhaps he also saw
              Rich Mexico the seat of Montezume,
              And Cusco in Peru, the richer seat
              Of Atabalipa, and yet unspoilʼd
              Guiana, whose great city Geryonʼs sons
              Call El Dorado”--                  PARADISE LOST.

                         _IN TWO VOLUMES._

                              VOL. I.

                              LONDON:
        PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,
                         PATERNOSTER-ROW.
                               1818.

                      Printed by A. Strahan,
                    New-Street-Square, London.

                                TO

                   COLONEL J. CARMICHAEL-SMYTH,

                      OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS,

                      C.B., K.M.T., K.ST.W.,

                     COMMANDING ROYAL ENGINEER

                OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE UNDER

                 HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON,

                                AND

                          AID-DE-CAMP TO

               HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT,

                            &c. &c. &c.

                            _THIS WORK_

                  IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

                       BY HIS MOST OBEDIENT

                        AND HUMBLE SERVANT

                    RICHARD HENRY BONNYCASTLE.

PREFACE.

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Spanish America, Vol. 1 (of 2)

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