Book/Printed Material The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the Aztec empire, the Cortez conquest, the Spaniards' rule, the Mexican revolution, the Texan war, the war with the United States, and the Maximilian invasion; together with an account of Mexican commerce, agriculture ... and the social condition of the people
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Image 1 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the …- Contributor: Frost, John
- Date: 1882
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Image 2 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … GlpglitN COPVRIGirr DEPOSIT.- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 3 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the …- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 4 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the …- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 5 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … •v^K- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 6 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … CORTEZ TAKING POSSESSION OF MEXICO IN THE NAME OF SPAIN.- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 7 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … i 1l THE HISTORY OF MEXICO AND ITS WARS. COMPKISING AN ACCOUNT OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE, THE CORTEZ CONQUEST, THE SPANIARDS RULE, THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION, THE TEXAN WAR, THE WAR WITH THE…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 8 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … L^- COPYEIGHT. ARMAND HAWKINS, 1S82.- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 9 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … PUBLISHER S ANNOUNCEMENT. EXICO comprises twenty-nine States, and is inhab- ited by many distinct races, but up to the present time the interior of the country has been practically separated from other…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 10 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … iv publisher s announcement. to Messrs. Root, Simons, Collins, Butler, Gunn England, Van Loan, and others. It is certainly a gratifying task to any patriotic American writer to record the events of…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 11 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Geographical Outlikk of Mkxico, 13 CHAPTER n. The Aztkc Empire before the CoxarEST, 87 CHAPTER HI. Majtners, Customs, and Social Condition of the Aztecs, 35 CHAPTER IV. Ancient Monuments…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 12 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … VJ CONTENTS. CHAPTER VIII. HlSTORT F THE MeXICAN RepUBLIC, 16S CHAPTER IX. Jauses of the Mexican War, 178 CHAPTER X. Jpenihh of the Campaign on the Rio Grande Siege of Fort Brown,…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 13 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … CONTENTS. Vli CHAPTER XXI. Sajtta Anna s Mahcb to Buena Vista. Battle Ground and fSkiuMisH OF FllBKUAKT 22d, S? CHAPTER XXn Battle of Buena Vista 367 CHAPTER XXni. CoNauEST OF Califohnia AND…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 14 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … vill GOITTENTS. CHAPTER XXXIV. Battles of Huamantla and Atlixco, 603 CHAPTER XXXV. Capture of Guatmas, and Movements of the Guerrillas, 610 CHAPTER XXXVI. Operations in California and New Mexico, 621 CHAPTER XXXVII.…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 15 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … ILLUSTRATIONS. Ornamental Headpiece, jj Cofre de Perote, 15 Termination of the Aqueduct in the City of Mexico, 17 Volcanoes as seen from Tacubaya, \g Mexican Muleteers, 24 Mexican Cavalry at a Pulque…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 16 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … X ILLUSTRATIONS. Death of Morelos, 158 Mina, 160 Iiurbide, 161 Novella, 163 Ornamental Tailpiece, 164 General Bustamente, 165 Pedraza. 166 1 all of ihe Alamo, 168 General Cos, 169 Mexia, HI Santiago…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 17 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … ILLUSTRATIONS. XI A Texas Ranger, S58 General Taylor, fsa Headpiece, G eneral Taylor, 359 Santa Anna, 361 Ornamental Tailpiece, 366 Ornamental Headpiece, 367 Plan of the Battle of Buena Vista, 368 Repulse…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 18 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … lU ILLUSTRATIONS. Ornamental Tailpiece. Mfl Plan of the BaitlK of Molino del Rey, 550 Ornamental Headpiece, 651 Molino del Rey Chapultepec in the distance, 552 Storming of Molino del Rey, 656 Ornamentiil…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 19 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … The History of Mexico, FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIME. CHAPTER I. GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE OF MEXICO. HE line of separation between Mexico and Gu?*imala is extremely irregular, commenc- ing on…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 20 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … L4 GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE. numoers of the population decrease as we go northward, some of the so called states of the republic being occupied almost wholly by unsubdued savao;es. Mexico differs from almost…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 21 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the …- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 22 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the …- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 23 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … GEOGRAPHICAL OLTLINE. 17 ermiaatioii of the Aqueduct in the City of Mexico. and three hundred wide, and it discharges the waters of the valley into the river Panuco, three hundred feet below…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 24 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … l^ GEOGRAPHIC A.L OUTLINE. Volcanoes, as seen from Tacubaya. nearer, is two thousand feet lower, but the two stand forth proudly pre-eminent from any view in the valley, and strangers delighted to…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 25 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE. 19 in layers, and the traveller passes in review in the course of nvo days, the whole scale of vegetation from the parisitic plants of the tropics to the pines…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 26 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … 20 GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE. porphyry, greenstone, amygdaloid, basalt, obsidian, and other rocks of igneous origin. Granite appears, however, in the chain bordering rn the Pacific, and the port of Acapulco is said to…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 27 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE. 21 The ores appear to increase in richness on proceeding north those m the confines of Durango and Sonora are peculiarly rich, lie near the surface, and hold out a…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 28 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … 22 GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE. Mexican Muleteers. inlo a state of total decay. This is especially the case with the national road, constructed at an enormous expense, by the merchants of Vera Cruz, under…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 29 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE. 2a Robbers plundering. more appalling to citizens of well ordered states than the anarchy which has hitherto universally prevailed. The frequent changes in the government have prevented any measures for…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 30 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … 24 GEOGRAPHICAl. OUTLINE. Mexican Inn, between Jalapa and Pucbla. nnunces. The conquerors march to Mexico, and their triumphal entry into the capital constitutes the fifth act of the play the van- quished,…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 31 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE. 25 thousand, and as far as politics are concerned, are a degraded class. The second class is the wealthiest and most powerful part of ihe population, estimated by Chevalier to…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 32 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … 26 GEOGRAPHICAI OUTLINE. aanas, chili, and maize, raised almost without labour, in a small Enclosure round the hut. Labour, indeed, occupies but a trifling portion of the Indian s time, which is…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 33 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … f ^^V^tN^ Indian hut, in the Tierra Caliente. CHAPTER II. THE AZTEC EMPIRE BEFORE THE CONQUEST.* HE most conspicuous of th« races that preceded the Aztecs or ancient Mexicans in the sovereignty…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 34 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … 48 THE AZTEC EMPIRE. lecture that their name has become a synonyme for architect. They extended their sway over the whole territory of Anahuac, and after exercising their authority during a period…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 35 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … THE AZTEC EMPIRE- 29 The Mexican Coat of Arms. hailed the auspicious omen announced by the oracle as indicating the site of their future city, and laid its foundations by sinking piles…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 36 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … 30 THE AZTEC EMPIRE. Nezahualcoyotl. fifteen years of age, is as romantic as that of Alfred the Great, of Scanderbeg, or of Charles the Second. The usurper was succee-ded on the throne…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 37 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … THE AZTEC EMPIRE. 31 Tlie first measure of Nezahuakoyotl, on his restoration, was the declaration of a general amnesty. He then established a code of laws, which, for their severity, entitle him…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 38 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … 42 THE AZTEC EMPIRE. Batn of Aioiittvi.111 Ixtlilxochitl. It is filled with the most pleasing aneciiotes of his clemency and justice, and on the other hand narrates as the basest action in…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 39 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … T H K A Z T E C E -M P I R E tH M Nezahualpilli. His death occurred about the year 1470, nearly half a century after the commencement of…- Contributor: Frost, John
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Image 40 of The history of Mexico and its wars : comprising an account of the … 3-. THE AZTEC EMPIRE. Under tlie sway of Montezuma, the arms of the allied nations, which had before extended the imperial dominion over all the valley, spread his rule down the sides…- Contributor: Frost, John
- Date: 1882