Book excerpt: Excerpt from A View of South America and Mexico, Vol. 1: Comprising Their History, the Political Condition, Geography, Agriculture, Commerce, &C. Of the Republics of Mexico, Guatemala, Columbia, Peru, the United Provinces of South America and Chili To give some account of the revolution of i' a late Spanish Colonies in South America - {a revolution which has terminated so gloriously, Quid is characterized by so many striking and interesting overlay - is the object of this work. The author, or compiler, 1s aware that the time has not yet arrived for composing a complete history of these events noris the m ted States the place fbr such a work to be written. The work 1s intended only as a popular sketch, or outline, presenting in one view all that is most valuable and interesting in the numerous publications on this sshject. The lively interest which the citizens of the United States justly feel ins. Revolution, having so important an influence on the cause of MM. And on the destinies of the new world - which has brought into existence six independent nations, on the same continent, some of them their neigh bours - seemed to require a work, presenting, in a cheap and popular firm, a general and connected view of these important events. We are not aware that any similar work has appeared, although there have been nu merous valuable publications, affording much information, concernhg certain periods of the revolution. To render a work of this description more complete and valuable, it was thought best pendium of the history and condition of Spanish revolution, and a geographical and political view of the present snowed of the new republics. A knowledge of the geography of the country, and in some measure its early history, is requisite to a correct understanding of the events of the revolution. To facilitate this knowledge, the book is accompanied with two maps, one of Mexico, and one of South fisheries, compiled from the latest and best authorities, and behaved to be the most correct maps ever published of these countries. C? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.