Index:Appleton's Guide to Mexico.djvu

Title	Appleton's Guide to Mexico
Author	Alfred Ronald Conkling
Year	1884
Publisher	D. Appleton and Company
Location	New York, New York
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

 

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PART FIRST.
CHAPTER			PAGE
I.—	Traveling in Mexico		1
	Hints		1-2
	When to Travel		3-4
	How to Travel		4-5
	An Agricultural Trip		6
	A Mining Trip		6
	The Cost of Travel		6
	Railroads		7-12
	Steamships		12-13
	Diligences		13-14
	Horse-cars		14-15
	Horses and Mules		15
	Express		15-16
II.—	History		16-24
III.—	Geography		25-33
	Situation		25
	Boundaries		25
	Area		25
	Topography		25-30
	Mountains		25-28
	Rivers		29
	Lakes		29-30
	Islands		30
	Climate		30-31
	Political Divisions		32-33
IV.—	Literature		33
V.—	Ruins		34-49
	Mayapan		36
	Uxmal		36-38
	Palenque		38-40
	Mitla		41-43
	The Pyramids		43-47
	Cholula		43-44
	San Juan Teotihuacan		44-46
	Papantla		46-47
	Northern Mexico		47-49
VI.—	Hotels and Restaurants		49-52
VII.—	Passport		52
VIII.—	Custom-Houses		53
IX.—	Commerce		53-55
X.—	Army and Navy		56-57
XI.—	Duties		57
XII.—	Taxes		58
XIII.—	Finance		58-59
XIV.—	Public Debt		59-60
XV.—	Money—Coins		60-62
XVI.—	Mints		63
XVII.—	Post-Office and Letters		63-66
XVIII.—	Telegraphs		66-67
XIX.—	Census		67-68
XX.—	Population		68-69
XXI.—	Architecture		69-73
XXII.—	Painting		73-74
XXIII.—	Immigration		74-75
XXIV.—	Mines		76-82
XXV.—	Mineral Springs		82
XXVI.—	Geology		83-85
XXVII.—	Zoölogy		86-89
XXVIII.—	Botany		89-91
XXIX.—	Agriculture		91-100
XXX.—	Maps and Surveys		101-102
XXXI.—	Stock-Raising		102-103
XXXII.—	Weights and Measures		103-107
XXXIII.—	Labor and Wages		108-112
XXXIV.—	Wines and Liquors		112-115
XXXV.—	Cigars and Tobacco		115-116
XXXVI.—	Manufactures		116-119
XXXVII.—	Native Productions		119-121
XXXVIII.—	Jewelry		121-122
XXXIX.—	Theatres		122
XL.—	Music		122-124
XLI.—	Dances		124
XLII.—	Festivals		124-125
XLIIL.—	Bull-fights		125-126
XLIV.—	Cock-fights		126-127
XLV.—	Costumes		127-129
XLVL.—	Lotteries		129
XLVII.—	Stores		129-130
XLVIII.—	Pawnbroker-Shops		130-131
XLIX.—	The Church		131-134
L.—	Jurisprudence		134-137
LI.—	Education		137-139
LII.—	Newspapers		139-140
LIII.—	Miscellaneous		140-143
LIV.—	What Mexico needs		143-146
PART SECOND.
SECTION			PAGE
I.—	How to reach Mexico		147-159
	How to reach the Country		147
	Route I.—	New York to Vera Cruz by Steamer	147-152
		Vera Cruz	152-154
		Jalapa	154-155
	Route II.—	New York to New Orleans by Rail, thence by Steamer to Vera Cruz	156-158
		Matamoros, Tampico, Tuxpan	157
	Route III.—	New York to Laredo or El Paso, Texas, by Rail	158-159
II.—	The Mexican Railway Company from Vera Cruz to Mexico		160-174
	From Vera Cruz to Orizaba		160-163
	Orizaba		163-165
	From Orizaba to Esperanza		165-169
	From Esperanza to Puebla via Apizaco		169-170
	Puebla		171-173
	From Puebla to the City of Mexico		173-174
III.—	The City of Mexico and Environs		175-201
	Hotels, Restaurants, Theatres, Carriages, Banks, Societies, etc., etc.		175-176
	History of Tenochtitlan		176-179
	Places of Interest		182-194
	Excursions around the Capital		196-201
	San Juan Teotihuacan		196
	Pachuca		196-197
	Cuernavaca		199-200
IV.—	The Mexican National Railway		202-253
	Route I.—	From the City of Mexico to Manzanillo	202-236
		Mexico to Toluca	202-205
		Toluca	205-206
		Toluca to Maravatio	206-209
		Maravatio to Morelia	210-211
		Acambaro	210
		Morelia	211-215
		Morelia to Pátzcuaro and thence to Manzanillo	215-220
		Pátzcuaro via Ario to Jorullo	220-236
		Acapulco	236
	Route II.—	From the City of Mexico to Laredo and Corpus Christi	237-253
		Mexico to Celaya	237
		Celaya to San Luis Potosí	237
		San Luis Potosí	237-240
		San Luis Potosí to Saltillo	240-245
		Saltillo	245
		Saltillo to Monterey	246-247
		Monterey	248-249
		Monterey to Laredo	249-252
		New Laredo	252
		Laredo	252-253
		Laredo to Corpus Christi	253
V.—	The Mexican Central Railway		254-289
	Route I.—	From the City of Mexico to Zacatecas	254-280
		Mexico to Querétaro	254-260
		The Canal of Huehuetoca	255-258
		Querétaro	260-263
		Querétaro to Guanajuato	263-269
		Silao	264
		Guanajuato	265-269
		Guanajuato to Lagos	269-290
		Lagos to Guadalajara and San Blas	270-273
		Lagos to Zacatecas	273-276
		Aguascalientes	273
		La Quemada	274
		Zacatecas	276-278
		Durango	279
		Zacatecas to San Luis Potosĺ	280
	Route II.—	El Paso to Chihuahua	280-284
		Chihuahua	284-285
		Chihuahua to Jimenez	285-288
		List of Ranches	288
VI.—	The International and Interoceanic Railway		290
VII.—	The Mexican Southern Railroad		291-297
	Northern Division		291-293
	Southern Division		293-297
	Oaxaca and Mitla		295
VIII.—	The Morelos Railway		298-304
	Mexico to Cuautla		298-303
	Amecameca and Popocatepetl		299-303
	Cuautla to Acapulco		303-304
IX.—	The Tehuantepcc Railroad		302-310
X.—	The Sonora Railway		309-315
XI.—	The American and Mexican Pacific Railway		316-318
XII.—	The New York, Texas, and Mexican Railroad		319-322
XIII.—	The Mexican International Railroad		323
XIV.—	The Sinaloa and Durango Railroad		324-325
XV.—	Table of Distances		326
XVI.—	Guatemala		327-343
	Geography		327-335
	Miscellaneous		335-338
	Route I.—	Tonalá, Mexico, to San José de Guatemala	338
	Route II.—	San José to New Guatemala	339
		Guatemala	339-341
		Old Guatemala	342-343
Appendix			345-378
	Language		345-378
	Vocabulary		358-378