SPANISH NORTH AMERICA.
Engraved by Sid^y. Hall 14, Dury Str^t. Blooms^y.
Published as the Act directs, Aug^t. 20, 1818, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row, London.
SPANISH AMERICA;
OR A
DESCRIPTIVE, HISTORICAL, AND GEOGRAPHICAL
ACCOUNT
OF
THE DOMINIONS OF SPAIN
IN THE
Western Hemisphere,
CONTINENTAL AND INSULAR;
ILLUSTRATED BY
A MAP OF SPANISH NORTH AMERICA, AND THE WEST-INDIA ISLANDS;
A MAP OF SPANISH SOUTH AMERICA,
AND AN ENGRAVING, REPRESENTING THE COMPARATIVE ALTITUDES
OF THE MOUNTAINS IN THOSE REGIONS.
By R. H. BONNYCASTLE,
CAPTAIN IN THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS.
“Such of late
Columbus found the American, so girt
With feathered cincture, naked else and wild
Among the trees, on iles and woody shores—
---- In spirit perhaps he also saw
Rich Mexico the seat of Montezume,
And Cusco in Peru, the richer seat
Of Atabalipa, and yet unspoilʼd
Guiana, whose great city Geryonʼs sons
Call El Dorado”—Paradise Lost.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,PATERNOSTER-ROW.
1818.
Printed by A. Strahan,
New-Street-Square, London.
TO
COLONEL J. CARMICHAEL-SMYTH,
OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS,
C.B., K.M.T., K.St.W.,
COMMANDING ROYAL ENGINEER
OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE UNDER
HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON,
AND
AID-DE-CAMP TO
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT,
&c. &c. &c.
THIS WORK
IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
BY HIS MOST OBEDIENT
AND HUMBLE SERVANT
RICHARD HENRY BONNYCASTLE.
PREFACE.
A variety of estimable works have appeared on the subject ofAmerica, which have certainly, in a great degree, extended thegeographical knowledge of the New World. Many of them, however,were written long ago; the political face of the country haschanged; the journals of recent travellers have opened new sourcesof knowledge; and we find, among other things, that North America,which