ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| CAPE HORN From a steel engraving. | [Frontispiece] |
| FERDINAND, KING OF SPAIN Redrawn from an old print. | [6] |
| FRANCISCO PIZARRO From Montain's "America." | [9] |
| THE AUTHENTIC PORTRAIT OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS | [11] |
| MINING SCENE Redrawn from Gottfriedt's "Neue Welt." | [16] |
| A YOUNG GAUCHO From a lithograph. | [28] |
| FOREST SCENE IN ARGENTINA From a steel print. | [39] |
| DOCKS AT BUENOS AIRES | [44] |
| AN OLD SPANISH CORNER IN BUENOS AIRES | [76] |
| MANUEL BELGRANO From an oil painting. | [95] |
| GENERAL SAN MARTIN From a steel engraving. | [99] |
| PLAZA DE MAYO AND CATHEDRAL AT BUENOS AIRES From a lithograph. | [113] |
| BUENOS AIRES IN 1845 From a steel engraving. | [127] |
| BARTOLOMÉ MITRE From a steel engraving. | [139] |
| JULIO ROCA | [145] |
| GATEWAY OF THE CEMETERY AT BUENOS AIRES From a lithograph. | [151] |
| A RIVER ROAD IN ARGENTINA From a lithograph. | [159] |
| ASUNCION | [167] |
| GUAYRÁ FALLS | [179] |
| JOSÉ RODRIGUEZ GASPAR FRANCIA From an old woodcut. | [193] |
| FRANCISCO SOLANO LOPEZ From a photograph taken in 1849. | [211] |
| PALM GROVES IN EL CHACO | [217] |
| HARBOUR AT MONTEVIDEO | [231] |
| MONTEVIDEO From an old print. | [243] |
| BRIDGE AT MALDONADO | [249] |
| GENERAL DON JOSÉ GERVASIO ARTIGAS From an old woodcut. | [257] |
| THE SOLIS THEATRE | [275] |
| THE CATHEDRAL, MONTEVIDEO | [283] |
| OLD TOWER AT LISBON WHENCE THE FLEET SAILED | [296] |
| A TUPI VILLAGE | [299] |
| A GARDEN IN PETROPOLIS | [307] |
| BAHIA | [324] |
| PADRE JOSÉ DE ANCHIETA From an old-woodcut. | [330] |
| PLANTERS GOING TO CHURCH From an old print. | [337] |
| A CADEIRA | [340] |
| OLD FORT AT BAHIA | [353] |
| RIO GRANDE DO SUL | [387] |
| OLD RANCH IN RIO GRANDE | [390] |
| WASHING DIAMONDS | [391] |
| BOATS ON THE RIO GRANDE From a steel print. | [395] |
| DOM JOHN VI. From an old woodcut. | [403] |
| DOM PEDRO I. From an old woodcut. | [414] |
| DOM JOSÉ BONIFACIO DE ANDRADA From a steel print. | [418] |
| EVARISTO FERREIRA DA VEIGA From a steel engraving. | [431] |
| DONNA JANUARIA From a steel engraving. | [445] |
| DOM PEDRO II. From a steel engraving. | [447] |
| BARON OF CAXIAS From an old woodcut. | [453] |
| PRINCESS ISABEL IN 1889 | [456] |
| PAMPAS OF THE RIO GRANDE | [460] |
| OLD MARKET IN SÃO PAULO | [465] |
| GOVERNER'S PALACE IN SÃO PAULO | [469] |
| HOSPITAL AND OLD CHURCH AT PORTO ALEGRE | [475] |
| BRIDGE AT MENDANHA | [480] |
| CITY OF OURO PRETO | [483] |
| EMPEROR DOM PEDRO IN 1889 | [491] |
| MILITARY SCHOOL OF RIO JANEIRO | [493] |
| GENERAL BENJAMIN CONSTANT From a woodcut. | [496] |
| THE EMPRESS IN 1889 | [498] |
| AMERICAN LEGATION NEAR RIO | [505] |
| CAMPOS SALLES From a woodcut. | [510] |
| MAPS | |
| MAP OF ARGENTINA, PARAGUAY, URUGUAY, BOLIVIA, AND CHILE | [38] |
| OUTLINE MAP OF BRAZIL | [288] |
| MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA Showing the progress of settlement and present populated area. | [At end] |