Spanish America, Vol. 2 (of 2)

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Spanish America, Vol. II (of 2), by Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle
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 unspoil'd
Guiana, whose great city Geryon's sons