POLITICAL ESSAY ON THE KINGDOM OF NEW SPAIN. CONTAINING Researches relative to the Geography of Mexico, The Population, the State of Agriculture and Manufacturing The Canals projected between the South Sea and Atlantic Ocean, The Quantity of the precious Metals which have flowed from Mexico into Europe and Asia, since the Discovery of the New Continent, And the Military Defence of New Spain. BY ALEXANDER DE HUMBOLDT. WITH PHYSICAL SECTIONS AND MAPS, FOUNDED ON ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS, AND TRIGONOMETRICAL AND BAROMETRICAL MEASUREMENTS. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH BY JOHN BLACK. VOL. II. THIRD EDITION. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, FATERNOSTER-ROW. |