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1  1843 Conquest of Mexico
by Prescott 1796-1859
369,000W 1,476 24:35:44 695M 
| 1 Ancient Aztecs |
| 2 Aztec Law |
| 3 Aztec Human Sacrifice |
| 4 Aztec Astronomy |
| 5 Aztec Agriculture |
| 6 Tescakoogans |
| 7 1516-8 Discovery of Mexico |
| 8 Herdando Cortez |
| 9 Jealousy of Alasques, Cortez's Adventures |
| 10 Conversion of Natives |
| 11 Voyage down Coast & Interview with Aztecs |
| 12 Montezuma |
| 13 Soldier |
| 14 Fleet Sunk, Embassy from Aztec. |
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2  1843 Life in Mexico
by Madame Calderón de la Barca 1804-82
356,500W 1,426 23:45:22 652M  |
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4  1920 Insurgent Mexico
by
John REED 1887 - 1920
149,500W 598 8:47:52
| 1 Dedication: On Border |
| 2 Urbina's Country |
| 3 Lion of Durango at Home |
| 4 General Goes to War |
| 5 La Tropa on March |
| 6 White Nights at Zarca |
| 7 'Quien Vive?' |
| 8 Outpost of Revolution |
| 9 5 Musketeers |
| 10 Last Night |
| 11 Coming of Colorados |
| 12 Meester's Flight |
| 13 Elizabetta |
| 14 Villa Accepts A Medal |
| 15 Rise of a Bandit |
| 16 Peon in Politics |
| 17 Human Side |
| 18 Funeral of Abram Gonzales |
| 19 Villa & Carranza |
| 20 Rules of War |
| 21 Dream of Pancho Villa |
| 22 Dona Luisa's Hotel |
| 23 Duello a la Frigada |
| 24 Saved by a Wrist-watch |
| 25 Symbols of Mexico |
| 26 'On to Torreon!' |
| 27 Army at Yermo |
| 28 1st Blood |
| 29 On Cannon Car |
| 30 At Gates of Gomez |
| 31 Companeros Reappear |
| 32 Bloody Dawn |
| 33 Artillery Comes Up |
| 34 Battle |
| 35 Between Attacks |
| 36 Outpost in Action |
| 37 Contreras' Men Assault |
| 38 Night Attack |
| 39 Fall of Gomez Palacio |
| 40 Carranza - An Impression |
| 41 El Cosmopolita |
| 42 Happy Valley |
| 43 Los Pastores. |
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6  1920 History of Cocoa Chocolate
by Arthur William Knapp 1880-1939
71,250W 285 4:45:26 130M
| 1 Cocao & Chocolate, Sketch of their history |
| 2 Cacao & it's cultivation |
| 3 Harvesting & Preparation for a market |
| 4 Cacao Productiona & Sale |
| 5 Manufacture of Cocao & Chocolate |
| 6 Manufacture of Chocolate |
| 7 Byproducts of Cacao & Chocolate industry |
| 8 Composition & food value of cocao & chocolate |
| 9 Adulteration & need for definitions |
| 10 Consumption of Cacao. |
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7  1901 Hernando Cortez Makers of History
by Abbott, John S C (John Stevens Cabot)
66,444W 266 4:26
| 1 DISCOVERY OF MEXICO |
| 2 EARLY LIFE OF CORTEZ |
| 3 VOYAGE TO MEXICO |
| 4 FOUNDING A COLONY |
| 5 TLASCALANS SUBJUGATED |
| 6 MARCH TO MEXICO |
| 7 METROPOLIS INVADED |
| 8 BATTLE OF DISMAL NIGHT |
| 9 CAPITAL BESIEGED & CAPTURED |
| 10 CONQUEST CONSUMMATED |
| 11 EXPEDITION TO HONDURAS |
| 12 LAST DAYS OF CORTEZ. |
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9  3200 BCPopol Vuh
By Various
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10  1877 Mayas, Sources of Their History Dr Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries
by Salisbury, Stephen
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6  1917 History of Spanish Conquest of Yucatan & of Itzas Papers of Peabody Museum of American Archaeology & Ethnology, Hard University V7
by Means, Philip Ainsworth 87,314W 350 5:50
1 1445 PRE-COLUMBIAN HISTORY OF MAYAS & ITZAS
| 1 Migratory period |
| 2 Golden Age or Old Empire of Maya |
| 3 Colonization period |
| 4 Transitional period |
| 5 Renaissance or League period |
| 6 period of Toltec mercenaries |
| 7 Disintegration |
| 8 Note: Cogolludo's account of early history of Mayas & of some of their customs |
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2 1445 - 1697 POLITICAL, SOCIAL, & GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES OF ITZA STATE
| 1 significance of Itzas |
| 2 location of Peten or Tayasal |
| 3 Description of Peten & its surroundings |
| 4 lake neither rises nor falls |
| 5 temples of Tayasal described by Avendaño |
| 6 palace of Canek, Chief of Itzas |
| 7 districts of Peten Itza |
| 8 Extent of Itza dominion under Chief Canek |
| 9 Quincanek |
| 10 Further information about region |
| 11 Itzas described |
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3 1517 - 26 1ST SPANISH ENTRADAS INTO YUCATAN
| 1 1st Spaniards in Yucatan |
| 2 1517 Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba |
| 3 1518 Juan de Grijalva & others |
| 4 1519 Cortes in Mexico |
| 5 1524 - 5 Villagutierre's account of entrada of Cortes |
| 6 Cortes starts for Honduras |
| 7 Cortes arrives at Izancanac |
| 8 Description of large town |
| 9 Spaniards suspect treachery |
| 10 Indians explain why their town was deserted |
| 11 Cortes takes leave of them in friendly spirit |
| 12 deer hunt |
| 13 army of Cortes proceeds on its way |
| 14 lake |
| 15 They capture an Indian |
| 16 Indian is sent to Tayasal |
| 17 Some Indians come to Cortes from Tayasal |
| 18 Canek himself comes & is courteously received |
| 19 Canek hears Mass & promises to put away his idols |
| 20 Cortes goes to Tayasal with Canek |
| 21 Itzas give Cortes news of Olid |
| 22 Cortes takes leave of Canek, leaving Morzillo |
| 23 Idols not burnt |
| 24 Cortes arrives in Honduras |
| 25 Comparison of Villagutierre with other authorities |
| 26 Canek's attitude toward Cortes |
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4 1526 - 42 ENTRADA OF FRANCISCO DE MONTEJO & HIS SON,& ARRIVAL OF FRANCISCANS
| 1 Francisco de Montejo & his son |
| 2 Montejo's preparations & sacrifices |
| 3 He sets out |
| 4 Montejo & his men go along shore of Yucatan |
| 5 Description of campaign |
| 6 Dávila & Vazquez search vainly for gold in region of Chetemal |
| 7 Foundation of Villa Real de Chetemal |
| 8 Hardships of those who were at Chichen |
| 9 Continual misfortunes |
| 10 Chichen Itza & Villa Real both deserted |
| 11 Dávila goes to Honduras |
| 12 1535 Elder Montejo goes to Tabasco |
| 13 1535 Franciscans enter Yucatan |
| 14 1537 Renewal of subjection of Yucatan by Montejo |
| 15 Hostility of Indians |
| 16 Elder Montejo's instructions to his son |
| 17 1540 - 1 Younger Montejo founds Campeche, |
| 18 Tutul Xiu of Mani offers his aid |
| 19 1542 - 3 Foundation of Merida & of Valladolid |
| 20 Bishop Bartolomé de las Casas arrives in Yucatan |
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5 1618 ENTRADA OF PADRES FUENSALIDA & ORBITA
| 1 name Canek |
| 2 Increased power of Itzas |
| 3 mock embassy from Tayasal |
| 4 mock embassy considered to be rebellion |
| 5 new period in history of Itzas |
| 6 Fuensalida & Orbita |
| 7 Preliminaries to departure of Padres |
| 8 Briceño's opposition |
| 9 Padres set out |
| 10 Their route |
| 11 journey up river from Tipu |
| 12 Arrival at Tipu |
| 13 Events at village of Tipu |
| 14 friendliness of Carrillo & Indians |
| 15 Don Christoval Na, Cacique of Indians of Tipu |
| 16 Francisco Cumux goes with embassy to Canek |
| 17 Cumux returns from Canek with 2 chiefs of Tayasal |
| 18 2 chiefs are cordially received |
| 19 Padres prepare to travel to Tayasal |
| 20 Delays: Padres' anger |
| 21 return to Tipu |
| 22 All precautions taken, they set out once more |
| 23 Lake Yaxha is crossed: arrival at Lake Zacpeten |
| 24 Padres camp beside Lake Peten |
| 25 Padres arrive at Tayasal & are well received |
| 26 Mass is said |
| 27 Fuensalida preaches: Orbita destroys an idol |
| 28 Padres urge Itzas to be Christians |
| 29 They refuse because appointed time has not come |
| 30 After a few days Padres leave Tayasal |
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6 1621 - 4 ENTRADA OF PADRE FRAY DIEGO DELGADO & EVENTS THAT FOLLOWED
| 1 Padre Fray Diego Delgado's offer to christianize Itzas |
| 2 Delgado travels to convent of Xecchacan |
| 3 He is well provided with guides & other Indians |
| 4 Zaclun |
| 5 proposal of Mirones |
| 6 Mirones & Governor make an agreement |
| 7 Mirones raises an army for his entrada |
| 8 Mirones arrives at Zaclun |
| 9 wanton & foolish oppression caused by Mirones |
| 10 Delgado opposes Mirones |
| 11 Delgado determines to anticipate Mirones |
| 12 Delgado's message to Canek |
| 13 Delgado receives permission from Canek to come to Tayasal |
| 14 treachery of Itzas |
| 15 Delgado & others are put to death |
| 16 Mirones sends Ek after Delgado |
| 17 Revolt of Indians |
| 18 epidemic of apostasy: 3rd phase of conquest of Itzas begins |
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7 1694 - 5 EARLY HISTORY OF GUATEMALA & ENTRADA FROM THAT COUNTRY
| 1 Indian tribes of Guatemala |
| 2 Account of Cakchiquel & Quiché |
| 3 government & cities of Cakchiquel & Quiché |
| 4 Spanish conquest |
| 5 Gallegos & Delgado |
| 6 Indians are friendly to them |
| 7 route taken by 2 Padres |
| 8 Several villages founded |
| 9 Dominicans & Franciscans |
| 10 Struggles between Dominicans & Indians |
| 11 1689 inception of plan to subdue Itzas, |
| 12 Soberanis ordered to coöperate |
| 13 Ursua to succeed Soberanis in office |
| 14 letter from Ursua y Arizmendi to King of Spains |
| 15 King grants all that Ursua asks |
| 16 President Barrios aids in undertaking |
| 17 Arrangements for entrada: supplies, etc |
| 18 voluntary contributions |
| 19 Quarrels between Soberanis & Bishop of Yucatan |
| 20 President Barrios decides to join entrada in person |
| 21 expedition sets out from Guatemala City |
| 22 Events at Huehuetenango |
| 23 Ursua's activities |
| 24 army sets out from Yucatan for Montaña |
| 25 Padres Cano & Avendaño y Loyola |
| 26 Cano's account of entrada from Guatemala |
| 27 route followed by Cano |
| 28 Chols & Mopanes |
| 29 From Mopan to lake |
| 30 Cano advises return |
| 31 Explanations of their withdrawal sent to Guatemala |
| 32 decree of General Assembly |
| 33 Quarrels among soldiers & officials |
| 34 writers of decree punished |
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8 1695 - 9 1ST & UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT MADE BY FRAY ANDRÉS DE AVENDAÑO Y LOYOLA TO REACH ITZAS OF TAYASAL
| 1 Preparations for journey |
| 2 start |
| 3 Indian singers |
| 4 Arrival at Cauich |
| 5 Departure from Cauich |
| 6 Aguada of Hobon Ox: Chunzalam, Vecanxan |
| 7 Nohhalal, Ayn, Sucte |
| 8 Kata-Kal |
| 9 Nohku |
| 10 Nohvecan |
| 11 Hardships suffered by Padres |
| 12 Oppol: a bridge built across a river |
| 13 Tanche |
| 14 Deserted village of Temchay |
| 15 Nohpek |
| 16 Nohthub |
| 17 Bacechac |
| 18 Buete |
| 19 Lack of supplies |
| 20 Paredes seizes some farms |
| 21 51 Indians of Buete surrender |
| 22 Avendaño argues with Paredes about his plundering |
| 23 royal decrees are mentioned by Avendaño |
| 24 Paredes promises to return plunder |
| 25 Paredes fails to keep his word |
| 26 Tzucthok, once before reduced, had rebelled |
| 27 Padres endeavor to instruct Indians |
| 28 captains promise to give warning before fighting |
| 29 skirmish |
| 30 avarice of Paredes |
| 31 Chunpich is reached |
| 32 Zuviaur goes to Itzas: Padres return |
| 33 Further troubles |
| 34 Padres determine to get to Itzas some other way |
| 35 Letter to captains |
| 36 Governor Ursua vexed by captains' letter |
| 37 Return to Merida |
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9 2ND ENTRADA OF PADRE AVENDAÑO
| 1 Orders of Governor |
| 2 Departure of Avendaño |
| 3 same route followed as before: Batcab is reached |
| 4 Chuntucí |
| 5 hardships of journey |
| 6 Approaching Itzas |
| 7 Tan Xuluc Mul: temples on great height |
| 8 Chakan Itza |
| 9 Chakan Itzas |
| 10 Treatment of natives |
| 11 Padres please other Indians by means of little gifts |
| 12 Padres renew their march |
| 13 Nich |
| 14 Indians arrive from Tayasal |
| 15 Bravery of Avendaño |
| 16 landing at Tayasal: idol |
| 17 At temple |
| 18 Padres read letters |
| 19 curiosity of Itzas |
| 20 baptism performed |
| 21 Other Caciques arrive |
| 22 Caciques in war paint |
| 23 Avendaño makes inquiries to their manner of reckoning time |
| 24 Avendaño explains prophecies |
| 25 Objection of Covoh |
| 26 Discussion with Canek & others |
| 27 Friendliness of Canek |
| 28 Demonstrations against Canek |
| 29 Leniency promised by Padres |
| 30 Avendaño takes steps to protect Itzas from further molestation |
| 31 letter of counsel |
| 32 Before leaving Tayasal, Avendaño shames Covoh |
| 33 hatred of Chakan Itzas for Padres increases |
| 34 Canek helps Padres to escape |
| 35 Paredes' stupidity: plot of Chakan Itzas |
| 36 Chakan Itzas are foiled by God |
| 37 departure of Padres from Tayasal |
| 38 Avendaño goes eastward to Yalain |
| 39 Trouble with soldiers |
| 40 Padres suffer hardships & lose their way |
| 41 Hard travel in wilderness for 15 days |
| 42 Miracle of bent branch |
| 43 uncomfortable night |
| 44 Great want of food |
| 45 situation grows still worse |
| 46 They find some miraculous honey |
| 47 2 Padres go ahead |
| 48 desperate situation |
| 49 They find some edible thistles |
| 50 Some hills are reached |
| 51 Deserted buildings |
| 52 False hopes: further hardships |
| 53 They face starvation |
| 54 sign from our Lady of Apparition |
| 55 They climb some high hills |
| 56 Avendaño left alone |
| 57 miracle of sapote |
| 58 Rescued |
| 59 What had happened to Indians whom Avendaño sent off |
| 60 messenger from Tayasal |
| 61 Reasons for Avendaño's distrust |
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10 1695 - 6 CONSUMMATION OF CONQUEST OF TAYASAL BY SPANIARDS
| 1 expedition from Guatemala reaches Cahabon |
| 2 Preliminary movements & plans |
| 3 fate of Diaz de Velasco: Amezquita follows him |
| 4 Conclusion of subjection of Itzas begun |
| 5 Paredes is ordered to march to Los Dolores |
| 6 Canek's ambassador, Can, arrives at Merida |
| 7 Zuviaur goes to lake |
| 8 Ursua determines to take vigorous measures |
| 9 Lawsuits between Soberanis & Ursua |
| 10 Captain Paredes at Tzucthok |
| 11 Captain Hariza at Tipu |
| 12 Cacique Cintanek's villages |
| 13 Can's report |
| 14 commands of King Charles 2 |
| 15 Soberanis & Ursua in agreement at last |
| 16 part to be taken by Indian villages |
| 17 road completed as far as lake |
| 18 Quincanek feigns friendliness |
| 19 hostilities begin |
| 20 captains urge Ursua to fight: battle |
| 21 Tayasal becomes a Spanish possession |
| 22 Later history of Tayasal |
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11 APPENDICES
| 1 Question of Orthography |
| 2 Dialect of Peten |
| 3 1501 - 1800 Maps of Yucatan, |
| 4 Itinerary of Avendaño, together with geographical information. |
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3  1909 Mexico Its Ancient & Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries & General Development
by Enock, C Reginald (Charles Reginald) 134,670W 539 8:59
1 1ST RECONNAISSANCE 1
| 1 Romance of history |
| 2 2 entrance ways |
| 3 Vera Cruz |
| 4 Orizaba |
| 5 Great Plateau |
| 6 Fortress of Ulua |
| 7 Sierra Madre |
| 8 Topographical structure |
| 9 Gulf coast |
| 10 Tropical region |
| 11 Birds, animals, & vegetation of coast zone |
| 12 Tierra caliente |
| 13 Malaria |
| 14 Foothills |
| 15 Romantic scenery |
| 16 General configuration of Mexico |
| 17 Climatic zones |
| 18 Temperate zone |
| 19 Cold zone |
| 20 Cordillera |
| 21 Snow-capped peaks |
| 22 Romance of mining |
| 23 Devout miners |
| 24 Subterranean shrines |
| 25 great deserts |
| 26 Sunset on Great Plateau |
| 27 Coyotes & zopilotes |
| 28 Irrigated plantations |
| 29 Railways |
| 30 Plateau of Anahuac |
| 31 cities of mesa central |
| 32 Spanish-American civilisation |
| 33 Romance of Mexican life |
| 34 Mexican girls, music & moonlight |
| 35 peones & civilisation |
| 36 American comparisons |
| 37 Pleasing traits of Mexicans |
| 38 foreigner in Mexico |
| 39 Picturesque mining-towns |
| 40 Wealth of silver |
| 41 Conditions of travel |
| 42 Railways |
| 43 Invasions |
| 44 Lerdo's axiom |
| 45 Roads & horsemen |
| 46 Strong religious sentiment |
| 47 Popocatepetl & Ixtaccihuatl |
| 48 Sun-god of Teotihuacan |
| 49 City of Mexico |
| 50 Valley of Mexico |
| 51 Sierra Madre |
| 52 Divortia aquarum of continent |
| 53 Volcano of Colima |
| 54 Forests & ravines |
| 55 Cuernavaca |
| 56 trail of Cortes |
| 57 Acapulco |
| 58 Romantic old haciendas |
| 59 Tropic sunset |
| 60 Unexplored Guerrero |
| 61 Perils & pleasures of trail |
62 Sunset in Pacific Ocean
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2 DAWN OF MEXICO: TOLTECS & AZTECS 20
| 1 Lake Texcoco |
| 2 Valley of Anahuac |
| 3 Seat of Aztec civilisation |
| 4 Snow-capped peaks |
| 5 Pyramids of Teotihuacan |
| 6 Toltecs |
| 7 1st Aztecs |
| 8 eagle, cactus, & serpent |
| 9 Aztec oracle & wanderings |
| 10 Tenochtitlan |
| 11 Prehistoric American civilisations |
| 12 Maya, Incas |
| 13 Quito & Peru |
| 14 dawn of history |
| 15 Toltec empire |
| 16 Rise, régime, fall |
| 17 Quetzalcoatl |
| 18 Otomies |
| 19 Chichemecas |
| 20 Nezahualcoyotl |
| 21 Astlan |
| 22 7 tribes & their wanderings |
| 23 Mexican war-god |
| 24 Teocallis |
| 25 Human sacrifices |
| 26 Prehistoric City of Mexico |
| 27 Causeways |
| 28 Aztec arts, kings, & civilisation |
| 29 Montezuma |
| 30 Guatemoc |
| 31 Impressions of Spaniards |
| 32 golden age of Texcoco |
| 33 Vandalism of Spanish archbishop |
| 34 poet-king & his religion |
| 35 Temple to Unknown God |
| 36 Aztecs & Incas compared |
| 37 Tlascalans |
| 38 Otomies |
| 39 Cholula |
| 40 Mexican tribes |
| 41 Aztec buildings |
| 42 Prehistoric art |
| 43 Origin of American prehistoric civilisation |
| 44 Biblical analogies |
| 45 Supposed Asiatic & Egyptian origins |
46 Aboriginal theory
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3 STRANGE CITIES OF EARLY MEXICO
| 1 Principal prehistoric monuments |
| 2 Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan |
| 3 Pyramids of Teotihuacan |
| 4 Toltec sun-god |
| 5 Pyramid of Cholula |
| 6 Pyramids of Monte Alban |
| 7 Ruins of Mitla |
| 8 Remarkable monoliths & sculpture |
| 9 Beautiful prehistoric stone-masonry |
| 10 Ruins of Palenque |
| 11 Temple of Sun, & others |
| 12 Stone vault construction |
| 13 Tropical vegetation |
| 14 Ruins of Yucatan |
| 15 Maya temples |
| 16 Architectural skill |
| 17 Temples of Chichen-Ytza |
| 18 Barbaric sculpture |
| 19 Effect of geology on building |
| 20 Aztec civilisation |
| 21 Land & social laws |
| 22 Slavery |
| 23 Taxes, products, roads, couriers |
| 24 Analogy with Peru |
| 25 Aztec homes & industries |
| 26 War, human sacrifice, cannibalism |
| 27 History, hieroglyphics, picture-writing |
| 28 Irrigation, agriculture, products |
| 29 Mining, sculpture, pottery |
| 30 Currency & commerce |
| 31 Social system |
32 Advent of white man
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4 CORTES & CONQUEST
| 1 Landing of Cortes |
| 2 Orizaba peak |
| 3 dawn of conquest |
| 4 Discovery of Yucatan |
| 5 Velasquez & Grijalva |
| 6 Life & character of Cortes |
| 7 Cortes selected to head expedition |
| 8 Departure from Cuba |
| 9 Arrival at Yucatan |
| 10 coast of Vera Cruz |
| 11 Marina |
| 12 Vera Cruz established |
| 13 Aztec surprise at guns & horses |
| 14 Montezuma |
| 15 Dazzling Aztec gifts |
| 16 Messages to Montezuma |
| 17 Hostility of Aztecs |
| 18 Key to situation |
| 19 Cempoallas |
| 20 Father Olmedo |
| 21 Religion & hypocrisy of Christians |
| 22 March to Cempoalla |
| 23 Montezuma's tax-collectors |
| 24 Duplicity of Cortes |
| 25 Vacillation of Montezuma |
| 26 Destruction of Totonac idols |
27 Cortes despatches presents to King of Spain
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| 28 Cortes destroys his ships |
| 29 March towards Aztec capital |
| 30 Scenery upon line of march |
| 31 fortress of Tlascala |
| 32 Brusque variations of climate |
| 33 Tlascalans |
| 34 Severe fighting |
| 35 Capitulation of Tlascala |
| 36 Faithful allies |
| 37 Messengers from Montezuma |
| 38 March to Cholula |
| 39 Massacre of Cholula |
| 40 snow-capped volcanoes |
| 41 1st sight of Tenochtitlan |
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5 FALL OF LAKE CITY
| 1 Valley of Mexico |
| 2 City & Causeways |
| 3 Conquistadores enter Mexico City |
| 4 Meeting of Cortes & Montezuma |
| 5 Greeting of Aztec emperor to Spaniards |
| 6 Tradition of Quetzalcoatl |
| 7 Splendid reception |
| 8 Teocalli |
| 9 Spanish duplicity |
| 10 Capture of Montezuma |
| 11 Spanish gambling |
| 12 News from Vera Cruz |
| 13 Forced march to coast |
| 14 Cortes defeats Narvaez |
| 15 Bad news from Mexico |
| 16 Back to capital |
| 17 Alvarado's folly |
| 18 Barbarous acts of Spaniards |
| 19 fight on pyramid |
| 20 Destruction of Aztec idols |
| 21 Death of Montezuma |
| 22 Spaniards flee from city |
| 23 Frightful struggle on Causeway |
| 24 Alvarado's leap: Noche Triste |
| 25 Battle of Otumba |
| 26 Marvellous victory |
| 27 Spanish recuperation |
| 28 Cuitlahuac & Guatemoc |
| 29 Fresh operations against capital |
| 30 Building of brigantines |
| 31 Aztec tenacity |
| 32 Expedition to Cuernavaca |
| 33 Xochimilco |
| 34 Attack upon city |
| 35 Struggles & reverses |
| 36 Sacrifice of Spaniards |
| 37 Desertion of Allies |
| 38 Return of Allies |
| 39 Renewed attacks |
| 40 Fortitude of Aztecs |
| 41 famous catapult |
| 42 Sufferings of Aztecs |
| 43 Final attack |
44 Appalling slaughter
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| 45 Ferocious Tlascalans |
| 46 Fall of Mexico |
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6 MEXICO & VICEROYS
| 1 General considerations |
| 2 Character of Viceroy rule |
| 3 Spanish civilisation |
| 4 Administration of Cortes |
| 5 Torture of Guatemoc |
| 6 Conquests of Guatemala & Honduras |
| 7 Murder of Guatemoc |
| 8 Fall of Cortes |
| 9 1st viceroy Mendoza |
| 10 His good administration |
| 11 Misrule of Audiencias |
| 12 Slavery & abuse of Indians |
| 13 Philippine islands |
| 14 Progress under Viceroys |
| 15 Plans for draining Valley of Mexico |
| 16 British buccaneers |
| 17 Priestly excesses |
| 18 Raid of Agramonte |
| 19 Exploration of California |
| 20 Spain & England at war |
| 21 Improvements & progress in 18th century |
| 22 Waning of Spanish power |
| 23 Decrepitude of Spain |
| 24 Summary of Spanish rule |
| 25 Spanish gifts to Mexico |
| 26 rising of Hidalgo |
| 27 Spanish oppression of colonists |
| 28 Oppression by colonists of Indians |
| 29 Republicanism & liberty |
| 30 Operations & death of Hidalgo |
| 31 revolution of Morelos |
| 32 Mier |
| 33 dawn of Independence |
| 34 birth of Spanish-American nations |
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7 EVOLUTION OF MODERN MEXICO
| 1 Monarchical régime of Iturbide |
| 2 Great area of Mexican Empire |
| 3 Santa Anna |
| 4 Holy Alliance |
| 5 Execution of Iturbide |
| 6 Monroe Doctrine |
| 7 British friendship |
| 8 United States |
| 9 Masonic institutions |
| 10 Political parties |
| 11 Expulsion of Spaniards |
| 12 Revolution & crime |
13 Clerical antagonism
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| 14 Foreign complications |
| 15 pie-war |
| 16 Texan war |
| 17 slavery question |
| 18 Mexican valour |
| 19 American invasion of Mexico |
| 20 Fall of Mexico |
| 21 Treaty of Guadalupe |
| 22 Cession of California |
| 23 Gold in California |
| 24 Benito Juarez appears |
| 25 Conservatives & Liberals |
| 26 Massacre of Tacubaya |
| 27 Reform laws |
| 28 Disestablishment of Church |
| 29 Dishonest Mexican finance |
| 30 Advent of Maximilian |
| 31 English, Spanish, & French expedition |
| 32 Perfidy of French |
| 33 Capture of Mexico City by French |
| 34 Crowning of Maximilian |
| 35 Porfirio Diaz |
| 36 Rule of Maximilian |
| 37 Fall of his empire |
| 38 Death of Maximilian |
| 39 tragedy of Querétaro |
| 40 Diaz takes Mexico City |
| 41 Presidency of Juarez |
| 42 Lerdo |
| 43 Career & character of Diaz |
| 44 1st railways built |
| 45 Successful administration of Diaz |
| 46 Political stability |
| 47 Forward policy |
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8 PHYSICAL CONDITIONS: MOUNTAINS, TABLELANDS, FLORA, FAUNA
| 1 Geographical conditions |
| 2 Tehuantepec |
| 3 Yucatan |
| 4 Boundaries & area |
| 5 Population |
| 6 Vera Cruz |
| 7 Elevations above sea-level |
| 8 Latitude |
| 9 General topography |
| 10 Great Plateau |
| 11 Sierra Madres |
| 12 Mexican Andes |
| 13 General structure |
| 14 coasts |
| 15 Highest peaks |
| 16 Snow-cap & volcanoes |
| 17 Geological formation |
| 18 Geological scenery |
| 19 Hydrographic systems |
| 20 Rivers |
| 21 Navigation |
| 22 Water-power |
| 23 Lakes |
| 24 Climate & temperatures |
| 25 3 climatic zones |
| 26 Rainfall |
| 27 Snowfall |
| 28 Flora & fauna |
| 29 Soil |
| 30 Singular cactus forms |
| 31 desert flora |
| 32 tropical flora |
| 33 Forest regions |
| 34 Wild animals |
| 35 Serpents, monkeys, & felidæ |
36 Sporting conditions
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9 MEXICAN PEOPLE
| 1 Ethnic conditions |
| 2 Spanish, Mestizos, Indians |
| 3 Colour-line |
| 4 Foreign element |
| 5 peones |
| 6 Land tenure |
| 7 Spanish people |
| 8 native tribes |
| 9 Apaches |
| 10 Mexican constitution |
| 11 Class distinctions |
| 12 Mexican upper class |
| 13 Courtesy & hospitality |
| 14 Quixotism of Mexicans |
| 15 Idealism & eloquence |
| 16 General characteristics |
| 17 Ideas of progress |
| 18 American anomalies |
| 19 Haciendas |
| 20 Sport |
| 21 Military distinctions |
| 22 Comparison with Anglo-Saxons |
| 23 Republicanism |
| 24 Language |
| 25 Life in cities |
| 26 Warlike instincts |
| 27 women of Mexico |
| 28 Mexican youths |
| 29 Religious observance |
| 30 Romantic Mexican damsels |
31 bull-fights
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10 CITIES & INSTITUTIONS OF MEXICO
| 1 Character of Mexican cities |
| 2 Value of Mexican civilisation |
| 3 Types of Mexican architecture |
| 4 Mexican homes & buildings |
| 5 Plaza |
| 6 Social relations of classes |
| 7 City of Mexico |
| 8 Valley of Mexico |
| 9 Latitude, elevation, & temperature |
| 10 Buildings |
| 11 Bird's-eye view |
| 12 lakes |
| 13 Drainage works |
| 14 Viga canal & floating gardens |
| 15 General description |
| 16 cathedral |
| 17 Art treasures |
| 18 Religious orders |
| 19 Chapultepec |
| 20 Pasco de la Reforma |
| 21 President |
| 22 Description of a bull-fight |
| 23 Country homes & suburbs |
| 24 Colleges, clubs, literary institutions |
| 25 Churches & public buildings |
| 26 Army & Navy |
| 27 Cost of living |
| 28 Police |
| 29 Lighting & tramways |
| 30 Canadian enterprise |
| 31 British commercial relations |
| 32 American |
| 33 United States influence |
| 34 general impression of Mexico |
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11 MEXICAN LIFE & TRAVEL
| 1 Travel & description |
| 2 Mexican cities |
| 3 Guadalajara |
| 4 Lake Chapala |
| 5 Falls of Juanacatlan |
| 6 Pacific slope |
| 7 Colima |
| 8 Puebla |
| 9 Cities of Great Plateau |
| 10 Guanajuato |
| 11 Chihuahua |
| 12 Apaches |
| 13 peones |
| 14 Comparison with Americans |
| 15 Peon labour system |
| 16 Mode of living |
| 17 Houses of peon class |
| 18 Diet |
| 19 Tortillas & frijoles |
| 20 Chilli |
| 21 Pulque |
| 22 Habits of peon class |
| 23 Their religion |
| 24 wayside crosses & their tragedies |
| 25 Ruthless political executions |
| 26 fallen cross |
| 27 Similarity to Bible scenes |
| 28 Peon superstitions |
| 29 ignis fatuus, or relacion |
| 30 Caves & buried treasure |
| 31 Prehistoric Mexican religion |
| 32 Teocallis |
| 33 Comparison with modern religious systems |
| 34 Philosophical considerations |
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12 MEXICAN LIFE & TRAVEL
| 1 Anthropogeographical conditions |
| 2 Great Plateau |
| 3 tropical belt |
| 4 Primitive villages |
| 5 Incidents of travel on plateau |
| 6 Lack of water |
| 7 Hydrographic conditions |
| 8 Venomous vermin |
| 9 Travel by roads & diligencias |
| 10 journey with a priest |
| 11 Courtesy of peon class |
| 12 curse of alcohol |
| 13 dress of working classes |
| 14 women of peon class |
| 15 Dexterity of natives |
| 16 bull-fights |
| 17 A narrow escape |
| 18 Mexican horse equipment |
| 19 vaquero & lasso |
| 20 Native sports |
| 21 A challenge to a duel |
| 22 Foreigners in Mexico |
| 23 Unexplored Guerrero |
| 24 Sporting conditions |
| 25 Camp life |
| 26 day's hunting |
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13 MINERAL WEALTH ROMANCE & ACTUALITY
| 1 Forced labour in mines |
| 2 Silver & bloodshed |
| 3 History of discovery |
| 4 Guanajuato |
| 5 veta Madre |
| 6 Spanish methods |
| 7 Durango |
| 8 Zacatecas |
| 9 Pachuca |
| 10 patio process |
| 11 Quicksilver from Peru |
| 12 Cornish miners' graves |
| 13 Aztec mining |
| 14 Spanish advent |
| 15 Old mining methods |
| 16 Romance of mining |
| 17 Cerro de Mercado |
| 18 Guanajuato & Hidalgo |
| 19 Real del Monte |
| 20 Religion & mining |
| 21 Silver & churches |
| 22 Subterranean altars |
| 23 Mining & nobility |
| 24 Spanish mining school |
| 25 Modern conditions |
| 26 mineral-bearing zone |
| 27 Distribution of minerals geographically |
| 28 Silver |
| 29 patio process |
| 30 Gold-mining & production |
| 31 El Oro & other districts |
| 32 Copper |
| 33 Other minerals |
| 34 General mineral production |
| 35 Mining claims & laws |
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14 NATURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE, GENERAL CONDITIONS
| 1 Principal cultivated products |
| 2 Timber |
| 3 3 climatic zones |
| 4 General agricultural conditions |
| 5 Waste of forests |
| 6 Irrigation |
| 7 Region of river Nazas |
| 8 Canal-making |
| 9 Cotton & sugar-cane |
| 10 Profitable agriculture |
| 11 Mexican country-houses |
| 12 Fruit gardens |
| 13 Food products, cereals, & fibrous plants |
| 14 Pulque production |
| 15 India-rubber & guayule |
| 16 List of agricultural products & values |
| 17 Fruit culture & values |
| 18 Forestry & land |
| 19 Colonisation |
| 20 American land-sharks |
| 21 Conditions of labour |
| 22 Asiatics |
| 23 Geographical distribution of products |
| 24 States of Pacific slope |
| 25 Sonora |
| 26 Lower |
| 27 California |
| 28 Sinaloa |
| 29 Tepic |
| 30 Jalisco |
| 31 Colima |
| 32 Michoacan |
| 33 Guerrero |
| 34 Oaxaca |
| 35 Chiapas |
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15 NATURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE, GENERAL CONDITIONS
| 1 Central & Atlantic States |
| 2 Chihuahua & Rio Grande |
| 3 Mining, forests, railways |
| 4 Coahuila & its resources |
| 5 Nuevo Leon & its conditions |
| 6 Iron, coal, railways, textile industries |
| 7 Durango & its great plains & mountain peaks |
| 8 Aguascalientes |
| 9 Zacatecas & its mineral wealth |
| 10 San Luis Potosi & its industries |
| 11 Guanajuato, Querétaro & Hidalgo, & their diversified resources |
| 12 Mexico & its mountains & plains |
| 13 Tlaxcala |
| 14 Morelos & its sugar-cane industry |
| 15 rich State of Puebla |
| 16 Tamaulipas, a littoral state |
| 17 historic State of Vera Cruz, its resources, towns, & harbour |
| 18 Campeche & peninsula of Yucatan |
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16 MEXICAN FINANCE, INDUSTRIES & RAILWAYS
| 1 Financial rise of Mexico |
| 2 Tendencies toward restriction against foreigners |
| 3 National control of railways |
| 4 Successful financial administration |
| 5 Favourable budgets |
| 6 Good trade conditions |
| 7 Foreign liabilities |
| 8 Character of exports & imports |
| 9 Commerce with foreign nations |
| 10 Banks & currency |
| 11 Principal industries |
| 12 Manufacturing conditions |
| 13 Labour, water-power, & electric installations |
| 14 Textile industry, tobacco, iron & steel, paper, breweries, etc |
| 15 Railways |
| 16 Mexican Railway |
| 17 Mexican Central Railway |
| 18 National Railroad |
| 19 Interoceanic |
| 20 Governmental consolidation |
| 21 Tehuantepec Railway |
| 22 Port of Salina Cruz |
| 23 Other railway systems |
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17 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS
| 1 Mexico's unique conditions |
| 2 Her future |
| 3 Asiatic immigrants |
| 4 Fostering of native race |
| 5 Encouraging of immigration |
| 6 white man in American tropics |
| 7 Future of Mexican manufactures |
| 8 Pan-American Congress |
| 9 Pan-American railway |
| 10 Mexico & Spain |
| 11 Monroe Doctrine |
| 12 Mexico, Europe, & United States |
| 13 Promising future of Mexico. |
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9  1884 Lectures on Origin & Growth of Religion as Illustrated by Native Religions of Mexico & Peru by Réville, Alberts 53,240W 213 3:33
1 Importance of history of Religion
| 1 religions of Mexico & Peru, & special importance of studying them |
| 2 Journey to another planet |
| 3 Parallelism of religious history in New World & Old |
| 4 Central America & Mexico, & authorities as to their history & religion |
| 5 Area & general character of this civilization |
| 6 Mayas |
| 7 Toltecs, Chichimecs & Aztecs |
| 8 Aztec empire |
| 9 Character of religious conceptions common to Central America & Mexico |
| 10 serpent-god & American cross |
| 11 Estimate of character & significance of parallelisms observed |
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2 DIETIES & MYTHS OF MEXICO
| 1 Sun & Moon |
| 2 pyramidal Mexican temples |
| 3 great temple of city of Mexico |
| 4 narrative of Bernal Diaz: & 2 great Aztec deities, Uitzilopochtli & Tezcatlipoca |
| 5 Mythical significance of Uitzilopochtli |
| 6 Significance of Tezcatlipoca |
| 7 serpent-god Quetzalcoatl, god of east wind |
| 8 Netzalhuatcoyotl, philosopher-king of Tezcuco |
| 9 Number of Mexican deities |
| 10 Tlaloc, god of rain |
| 11 Centeotl, goddess of maize |
| 12 Xiuhtecutli, god of fire |
| 13 Mexican Venus |
| 14 Other deities |
| 15 Tepitoton |
| 16 Mictlan, god of dead |
| 17 Summary & reflections |
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3 SACRIFICES, SACERDOTAL & MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS, ESCHATOLOGY & COSMOGONY OF MEXICO
| 1 Recapitulation |
| 2 Original meaning of sacrifice |
| 3 Human sacrifices & cannibalism |
| 4 Importance attached to suffering of victims |
| 5 Tragic & cruel character of Mexican sacrifices |
| 6 victims of Tezcatlipoca & Centeotl |
| 7 children of Tlaloc |
| 8 roasted victims of god of fire |
| 9 Mexican asceticism |
| 10 Mexican "communion" |
| 11 Religious ethics |
| 12 priesthood |
| 13 Convents, monks & nuns of ancient Mexico |
| 14 Mexican cosmogonies |
| 15 great jubilee |
| 16 future life |
| 17 Conversion of Mexicans |
| 18 Inquisition |
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4 PERU ITS CIVILIZATION & CONSTITUTION, LEGEND OF INCAS: POLICY & HISTORY
| 1 Peru of Incas |
| 2 Cortes & Pizarro |
| 3 Inca hierocracy |
| 4 Quipos |
| 5 Authorities for history & religion of Peru |
| 6 Garcilasso el Inca de la Vega |
| 7 Peruvian civilization |
| 8 Huayna Capac's taxation |
| 9 Social, political & military organization of Peru |
| 10 Education |
| 11 Material well-being |
| 12 legend of Incas: Manco Capac & Mama Ogllo |
| 13 Were Incas really sole civilizers of Peru? |
| 14 Succession of Incas & character of their rule |
| 15 Free thinking Incas |
| 16 Huayna Capac's departure from traditional maxims |
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5 FALL OF INCAS: PERUVIAN MYTHOLOGY PRIESTHOOD
| 1 Recapitulation |
| 2 Atahualpa & Pizarro |
| 3 Father Valverde's discourse |
| 4 Atahualpa's imprisonment & death |
| 5 Inca pretenders |
| 6 Worship of Sun & Moon |
| 7 Viracocha, god of fertilizing showers |
| 8 His consort, Mama Cocha |
| 9 Old Peruvian hymn |
| 10 Pachacamac, god of internal fire |
| 11 myth of Pacari Tambo |
| 12 Cuycha, rainbow |
| 13 Chasca, planet Venus |
| 14 Worship of fire |
| 15 Worship of thunder |
| 16 Worship of esculent plants |
| 17 Worship of animals |
| 18 Huacas |
| 19 Peruvian priesthood |
| 20 Virgins of Sun |
| 21 Punishment of faithless nuns |
| 22 Independent parallelisms, illustrated by "couvade" |
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6 PERUVIAN CULTUS & FESTIVALS, MORALS & FUTURE LIFE, CONCLUSIONS
| 1 Peruvian temples |
| 2 Sacrifices |
| 3 Columns of Sun |
| 4 Hymns |
| 5 Religious dances |
| 6 4 great festivals |
| 7 Chasing evil spirit |
| 8 Occasional & minor festivals |
| 9 Eclipses |
| 10 Sorcerers & priests |
| 11 Moral significance of Peruvian religion |
| 12 Communion, baptism & sacerdotal confession |
| 13 Various ideas as to future life |
| 14 Supay, god of departed |
| 15 Conversion of Peruvians |
| 16 Are origins of American civilizations to be sought in Old World? |
| 17 Real significance & importance of analogies observed |
| 18 Sacrifice |
| 19 3 stages of religious faith: animistic nature-worship, anthropomorphic polytheism & spiritual monotheism |
| 20 genesis of temple |
| 21 Primitive independence & subsequent mutual interpenetration of religion & morals |
| 22 Human nature invincibly religious |
| 23 guiding principle |
| 24 Farewell |
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