GUATEMALA

Works of

NEVIN O. WINTER

Mexico and Her People of To-day $3.00

Guatemala and Her People of To-day 3.00

L. C. PAGE & COMPANY

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PRESIDENT CABRERA.

GUATEMALA AND

HER PEOPLE OF

TO-DAY

BEING AN ACCOUNT OF

THE LAND, ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT;

THE PEOPLE, THEIR CUSTOMS AND

CHARACTERISTICS; TO WHICH ARE ADDED

CHAPTERS ON BRITISH HONDURAS AND

THE REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS, WITH REFERENCES

TO THE OTHER COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL

AMERICA, SALVADOR, NICARAGUA,

AND COSTA RICA

BY

NEVIN O. WINTER

AUTHOR OF “MEXICO AND HER PEOPLE OF TO-DAY”

ILLUSTRATED FROM ORIGINAL AND

SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR

BOSTON ❦ ❦ L. C. PAGE

AND COMPANY ❦ MDCCCCIX

Copyright, 1909,

By L. C. Page & Company

(INCORPORATED)


All rights reserved

First Impression, July, 1909

Electrotyped and Printed by

THE COLONIAL PRESS

C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A.

The author’s route is printed in red.
(Click on the map for a larger version.)


TO

MY SISTER


For the better understanding of the pronunciation of the names of towns and places in Guatemala and other parts of Spanish-America, the rule for their pronunciation is herewith given:

is pronounced like, in English
Aah
Eay
Iee
Jh
Ooh
Uoo
Ñny
Huewe
LLlli (in million)
His silent