Spanish America (Vol. 1&2)

The aim of this work is to afford a broad survey of the Latin American countries, with the color and interest which so strongly characterizes this half of the New World; and to offer in some degree a detailed study of the region as concerns what the author has ventured to term a «science of humanity» or science of corporate life, whose main factors are topographical, occupational or industrial, and ethical or ethical-economic. Contents: A Reconnaissance, and Some Informal Geography A Historical Outline Central America: Guatemala, Honduras, British Honduras, Nicaragua, Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama Ancient and Modern Mexico Along the Pacific Coast: in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru Along the Pacific Coast: in Peru, Bolivia and Chile The Cordillera of the Andes: in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia The Cordillera of the Andes: in Bolivia, Chile and Argentina The Lands of the Spanish Main: Colombia and Venezuela The Lands of the Spanish Main: Venezuela and Guiana The Amazon Valley: in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Brazil Brazil The River Plate and the Pampas: Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay Trade and Finance To-day and To-morrow