CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

PART I.

NORTH AMERICAN DOMINIONS.

General Description, Era of Discovery and ColonizationPage [1]
Extent and Boundaries[4]
Political Divisions[6]
Territorial Divisions[6]
Florida (East and West)[6]
Extent and Boundaries[6]
Discovery and History[7]
New Spain[20]
Political and Territorial Divisions[32]
Boundaries[33]
Extent[34]
Climate[34]
Features of the Country, Productions, &c.[35]
Capital[57]
New Mexico[68]
California (New and Old)[76]
Intendancy of Sonora[86]
Pimeria[86]
Sonora[88]
Hiaqui and Mayo, or Ostimuri[89]
Sinaloa, or Cinaloa[90]
Intendancy of New Biscay, or Durango[92]
—— San Luis Potosi[95]
Coaguila[96]
New Leon[97]
New Santander and Texas, and Panuco, or Potosi[97]
Intendancy of Zacatecas[99]
—— Guadalaxara[99]
—— Guanaxuato [102]
—— Mexico[103]
—— Valladolid, or Mechoacan[134]
—— Tlascala, or Puebla[138]
—— Vera Cruz[143]
Province of Tabasco[147]
Intendancy of Guaxaca, or Oaxaca[151]
Yucatan, or the Intendancy of Merida[155]
Guatimala[158]
Capital[160]
Guatimala Proper[161]
Chiapa[163]
Province of Vera Paz[165]
—— Nicaragua[166]
—— Honduras[169]
—— Costa Rica[176]
—— Veragua[177]
West India Islands belonging to the Crown of Spain[179]
Political Divisions[180]
Puerto Rico[180]
Cuba[183]
Havannah[188]
Islands near the Coasts of New Spain and Guatimala[192]