Spanish America, Vol. 2 (of 2)

by Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle

Walton's Present State of the Spanish Colonies, 2 vols. London.

Wilcocke's History of the Viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres, 1806.

Ydea de una Nueva Historia General de la America Septentrional, por Boturini.

Zarate, Histoire de la Conquete du Perou; Paris, 1742.

Zoega, de Origine et usu Obeliscorum.

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TABLE
OF THE
LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES
OF
SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL PLACES
IN
SPANISH AMERICA,
CORRECTED FROM THE LATEST INFORMATION,
WITH THE NUMBER OF INHABITANTS IN THE CHIEF TOWNS.

Places.	Government or Situation.	Latitude north or south.	Longitude west of Greenwich.	Number of Inhabitants.
		D. M. S.	D. M. S.
Abancay	Peru	13 30 0 S.	72 26 0
Acapulco	New Spain	16 15 29 N.	99 48 18	4000.
Aconcagua, or San Felipe	Chili	32 48 0 S.
Actopan	New Spain	20 19 30 N.	98 49 0	2750 families of Indians, and 50 families of whites and castes.
Adais, or Adayes Fort	New Spain	32 9 0 N.	93 35 0
Aguas Calientes	New Spain	22 2 0 N.	101 51 30	500 families of whites, and many castes; famous for its hot springs impregnated with copper.
Aguatulco	New Spain	15 44 0 N.
Alangi, or El Angel	New Granada	8 12 0 N.	80 40 0
Alausi	New Granada	2 12 0 N.	78 39 0
Albuquerque	New Spain	29 35 0 N.	79 40 0	6000.
Almaguer	New Granada	1 56 0 N.	76 54 0
Alvarado	New Spain	18 40 0 N.	96 36 0
Amapalla	Guatimala	13 12 0 N.	87 55 0
Amatiques	Guatimala	15 23 0 N.	89 0 0
Amparaes	La Plata	19 12 0 S.	67 3 0
Anco	Peru	13 14 0 S.	73 10 0
Andahuailas	Peru	13 25 0 S.	73 4 0
Antonio de Bejar	New Spain	29 50 0 N.	101 0 0	2000.
Antonio de los Cues	New Spain	18 3 0 N.		Populous, and an ancient Aztec fortress.
Antonio de la Florida	Chili	33 39 0 S.	71 41 0
Apalachia	Florida	29 43 0 N.	84 28 0
Apurimac, source of	Peru	16 10 or 20 S.		Near the city of Arequipa.
Archidona	New Granada	0 45 0 S.	76 48 0	700.
Arequipa	Peru	16 16 0 S.	71 58 0	24,000.
Arica	Peru	18 26 0 S.	70 18 0
Arispe	New Spain	30 36 0 N.	108 58 15	7600.
Asuncion	La Plata	24 47 0 S.	59 35 0	500 white families, and several thousands of Indians and mestizoes.
Atacama	La Plata	23 30 0 S.	69 30 0
Atrato, mouths of	the Gulf of Darien	8 2 0 N.	77 6 0	Rises in the mountains of Choco, and runs 95 leagues.
Atunxauxa	Peru	11 45 0 S.	75 48 0
Avila	New Granada	0 44 0 S.	76 25 0	300.
Austria, San Felipe de	Caraccas	10 31 0 N.	63 41 0	250 families.
Babahoyo	New Granada	1 47 0 S.		Populous.
Baracoa	Cuba	21 4 0 N.	76 10 0
Baranca del Malambo	New Granada	11 40 0 N.	74 30 0
Barbacoas	New Granada	1 42 0 S.	78 8 0
Barcelona	Caraccas	10 10 0 N.	64 47 0	14,000.
Barquisimeto	Caraccas	8 55 0 N.	66 55 0	11,300.
Batabano	Cuba	22 43 19 N.	82 25 41
Bayamo	Cuba	20 46 0 N.	76 55 0
Borja	New Granada	4 28 0 N.	76 24 0
Buenos Ayres	La Plata	34 35 26 S.	57 24 0	60,000.
Buga	New Granada	2 58 0 N.
Cadiz	Cuba	23 2 0 N.	79 55 0
Calabozo	Caraccas	8 40 0 N.		4800.
Cali	New Granada	3 15 0 N.	73 16 0
Callao	Peru	12 3 42 S.	77 14 0
Campeche	New Spain	19 50 45 N.	90 30 30	6000.
Carabaya	La Plata	14 40 0 S.	69 36 0
Caraccas	Caraccas	10 30 15 N.	67 4 45	20,000.
Cariaco	Caraccas	10 30 0 N.	63 39 0	6500.
Carora	Caraccas	10 0 0 N.		6200.
Carthagena	New Granada	10 26 36 N.	75 26 45	25,000.
Carthago	New Spain	9 5 0 N.	83 0 0
Carthago	New Granada	4 46 0 N.		5 or 6000.
Casas Grandes	New Spain	33 30 0 N.		Near the Rio Gila.
Castro	Chiloe	42 40 0 S.		150.
Castrovireyna	Peru	12 50 0 S.	74 45 0
Caxamarca	Peru	8 0 0 S.	76 10 0	Celebrated for the palace of the Incas it contains, which is at present inhabited by some of their descendants. Population 2000.
Cayman Grande Isle, east point	Caribbean Sea	19 19 0 N.	80 38 49
Caymanbrack, east point	Caribbean Sea	19 40 0 N.	79 47 22
Cerro de Axusco, mountain	New Spain	19 15 27 N.	99 12 30
Chachapoyas or Juan de la Frontera	Peru	6 12 0 S.	72 28 0
Chancay	Peru	11 33 47 S		Populous.
Chiapa Real	Guatimala	17 0 0 N.	93 23 0	500 families.
Chiapa de los Indios	Guatimala	17 5 0 N.	93 53 0	20,000.
Chihuahua	New Spain	28 50 0 N.	104 29 45	11,600.
Chillan	Chili	35 56 0 S.		Populous
Cholula	New Spain	19 2 6 N.	98 7 45	16,000.
Cholula, Pyramid of	New Spain	19 2 6 N.	98 12 15
Chuquisaca or La Plata	La Plata	19 40 0 S.	66 46 0	14,000.
Cinaloa	New Spain	26 0 0 N.	106 0 0	9500.
Coche, Isle of east cape	Caribbean Sea	10 45 0 N.	63 51 38
Cofre de Perote, mountain	New Spain	19 28 57 N.	97 8 34
Colchagua or San Fernando	Chili	34 18 0 S.		1500 families
Colonia del Sacramento	La Plata	34 22 0 S.	57 52 0
Comayaguaso or Valladolid	Guatimala	14 30 0 N.	88 19 0
Concepcion del Pao	Caraccas	8 42 0 N.	65 10 0	2300.
Concepcion	Chili	36 47 0 S.	73 9 0	13,000.
Concepcion	La Plata	23 23 0 S.	57 16 0	1550.
Copiapo	Chili	26 50 0 S.	70 18 0	400 families.
Coquimbo or La Serena	Chili	29 52 0 S.	71 19 0	500 families of whites, &c., and some Indians.
Cordova	New Spain	18 50 0 N.	96 56 0	800 families.
Cordova	La Plata	31 30 0 S.	63 16 0	5500.
Coro	Caraccas	11 24 0 N.	69 40 0	10,000.
Corientes, Cape	Pacific	20 25 30 N.	105 38 45
Coulemu	Chili	36 2 0 S.
Cuença	New Granada	2 53 49 S.	79 14 40	20,000.
Cumana	Caraccas	10 27 52 N.	64 9 47	16,800.
Cumana, port of	Caraccas	10 28 0 N.	64 9 45
Cumanacoa	Caraccas	10 16 11 N.		2300.
Curuguaty	La Plata	24 28 0 S.	56 54 0	2250.
Cuzcatlan	Guatimala	13 40 0 N.	89 20 0	5000.
Cuzco	Peru	13 25 0 S.	71 15 0	32,000.
Durango	New Spain	24 25 0 N.	103 34 45	12,000.
Fort Buenavista	New Spain	27 45 0 N.	110 7 15
Fort del Altar	New Spain	31 2 0 N.	111 45 45
Fort del Passage	New Spain	25 28 0 N.	103 12 15
Fort Passo del Norte	} New Spain	32 9 0 N.	104 42 45
Gibraltar	Caraccas	10 4 0 N.	67 36 0
Gracias a Dios	Guatimala	14 30 0 N.	90 6 0
Granada	Guatimala	11 15 0 N.	86 15 0
Guadalaxara	New Spain	21 9 0 N.	103 2 15	19,500.
Gualqui	Chili	36 44 0 S.
Guamanga	Peru	12 50 0 S.	77 56 0	26,000.
Guanara	Caraccas	8 14 0 N.	69 54 0	12,000.
Guanaxuato	New Spain	21 0 15 N.	100 54 45	70,600.
Guancavelica	Peru	12 45 0 S.	74 46 0	5200.
Guanta	Peru	12 30 0 S.	74 16 0
Guanuco	Peru	9 59 0 S.	75 56 0	Near the sources of the False Maranon.
Guarochiri	Peru	11 55 0 S.	76 18 0
Guatimala	Guatimala	14 28 0 N.	92 40 0	19,000.
Guaxaca	New Spain	17 30 0 N.		24,000.
Guayaquil	New Granada	2 12 0 S.	79 6 0	10,000.
Guayra	Caraccas	10 36 19 N.	67 6 45	8000.
Hacha	New Granada	11 28 0 N.	72 46 0
Hambato	New Granada	1 14 0 S.	78 25 0	9000.
Havannah	Cuba	23 9 27 N.	82 22 53	25,000.
Honda	New Granada	5 16 0 N.	72 36 15
Jaen	New Granada	5 25 0 S.		4000.
Janos or Yanos, fort	New Spain		106 45 15
Ica or Valverde	Peru	13 50 0 S.	75 28 0	6000.
Jorullo Volcano	New Spain		101 1 30
Juan de los Llanos	New Granada	3 0 0 N.	73 26 0
Juan Fernandez, Isle	Pacific	33 40 0 S.	80 30 0	110 Leagues from the coast of Chili.
Iztaccihuatl, volcano	New Spain	19 10 0 N.	98 34 45
Lambayeque	Peru	6 40 0 S.	79 56 0	8000.
Lampa	La Plata	14 55 0 S.	81 44 0
La Paz	La Plata	17 15 0 S.	68 25 0	20,000.
Las Corrientes	La Plata	27 32 0 S.	57 50 0
Latacunga	New Granada	0 55 14 S.	78 16 0	12,000.
Lima	Peru	12 2 25 S.	77 7 15	54,000.
Lipes	La Plata	21 40 0 S.	68 16 0
Londres	La Plata	19 12 0 S.		Founded in honour of Mary Queen of England.
Loxa	New Granada	4 0 0 S.	79 14 0	10,000.
Macas	New Granada	2 30 0 S.	78 5 0	1200.
Magdalena, mouths of	Caribbean Sea	11 0 0 N.	74 40 0	Main Channel.
Maldonado	La Plata	34 50 0 S.	55 36 0
Maracaybo	Caraccas	10 30 0 N.	71 46 0	24,000.
Maranon, Mouths of	Atlantic Ocean	0 30 0 S.	47 40 0 49 25 0
Mariquita	New Granada	5 16 0 N.	74 6 0	300.
Mas-afuera, Isle,	Pacific Ocean	33 47 0 S.	80 41 0
Mayobamba	Peru	7 0 0 S.	76 56 0
Melipilla	Chili	33 28 0 S.	70 7 0
Mendoza	La Plata	33 25 0 S.	69 47 0	6000.
Mercaderes	New Granada	1 45 0 N.		Limit of the Conquests of the Peruvian Incas to the north.
Merida	New Granada	8 10 0 N.	73 45 0	11,000.
Mexico	New Spain	19 25 45 N.	99 5 15	137,000.
Mompox	New Granada	9 19 0 N.	74 11 0
Moquehua	Peru	17 20 0 S.	70 56 0	Populous.
Monte Video	La Plata	34 54 48 S.	56 14 30	20,000.
Monterey	New Spain	36 36 0 N.	121 51 6	700.
Moran-mine	New Spain	20 10 4 N.	98 25 45
Nasca	Peru	14 48 0 S.	75 6 0
Nata	New Granada	8 35 0 N.	81 6 0
Neembucu	La Plata	26 52 0 S.	58 11 0	1730.
Nevado de Toluca, mountain	New Spain	19 11 33 N.	99 25 23
Neyva	New Granada	3 10 0 N.	74 16 0
Nicoya	Guatimala	10 42 0 N.	85 53 0
Nirgua	Caraccas	10 0 0 N.		3200.
Ocana	New Granada	7 50 0 N.	73 26 0
Omoa	Guatimala	15 50 0 N.	89 53 0
Orinoco, mouths of	Atlantic	8 30 0 N.	59 50 0	Boca de los Navios or Great Estuary.
Oropesa	La Plata	18 15 0 S.	67 6 0
Otabalo	New Granada	0 15 0 N.	77 56 0	15,000.
Pamplona	New Granada	6 30 0 N.	71 36 0
Panama	New Granada	9 0 30 N.	79 19 0
Paria	La Plata	18 50 0 S.	68 20 0
Pasquaro	New Spain		101 19 45	6000.
Payta	Peru	5 5 0 S.	80 50 0
Pensacola	Florida	30 28 0 N.	87 12 0
Perdido, mouth of	Mexican Gulf	30 26 0 N.	87 26 0	Boundary between the United States and Florida.
Petatlan hill	New Spain	17 32 0 N.	101 28 30
Petorca	Chili	31 45 0 S.	76 50 0	Populous.
Pico de Orizaba, mountain of	New Spain	19 2 17 N.	97 15 0
Piedra Blanca	New Spain	21 33 0 N.	105 27 30
Pisco	Peru	13 46 0 S.	76 9 0	300 Families.
Piura, or San Miguel	Peru	5 11 0 S.	80 36 0	7000. The oldest city of South America.
Pomabamba	La Plata	19 55 0 S.	64 8 0
Popayan	New Granada	2 28 38 N.	76 31 30	25,000.
Popocatepetl, mountain	New Spain	18 59 47 N.	98 33 0
Porco	La Plata	19 40 0 S.	67 56 0
Pore	New Granada	5 40 0 N.	72 13 0	500.
Porto Bello	Do.	10 27 0 N.	79 26 0
Potosi	La Plata	19 47 0 S.	67 22 0	30,000.
Puebla de los Angelos	New Spain	19 0 15 N.	98 2 30	67,800.
Puerto Cabello	Caraccas	10 20 0 N.	69 11 0	8000.
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	18 29 0 N.	66 0 >0	Populous.
Puna	La Plata	16 20 0 S.	70 26 0	Populous.
Punta del Ana Nueva, or Mission of Santa Cruz	New Spain	37 9 15 N.	122 23 38	440.
Queretaro	New Spain	20 36 39 N.	100 10 15	35,000.
Quillota	Chili	32 50 0 S.	71 18 0
Quito	New Granada	0 13 27 S.	78 10 15	70,000.
Rancagua, or Santa Cruz de Triana	Chili	34 18 0 S.	70 42 0
Real de Rosario mine	New Spain	23 30 0	N. 106 6 15	5600.
Real de los Alamos mine	Do.	27 8 0 N.	109 3 15	7900.
Realexo	Guatimala	12 45 0 N.	87 30 0
Riobamba	New Granada	1 20 0 S.	78 30 0	20,000.
Rio Bravo del Norte, mouth of	Gulf of Mexico	25 55 0 N.	97 30 55
Rio de la Plata, mouth of	Atlantic	35 30 0 S.	55 6 0	Cape Santa Maria, 180 miles north of the South Cape, St. Antonio.
Rioja	La Plata	29 12 0 S.	70 0 0
Salamanca	New Spain	20 40 0 N.	100 54 45
Salta	La Plata	24 17 0 S.	64 1 30
Saint Mary's River, mouth of	Atlantic	30 35 0 N.	81 41 0	Boundary between the United States and Florida.
Santander	New Spain	23 45 18 N.	98 12 8
San Antonio Cape	Cuba	21 55 0 N.	84 56 7
San Augustin	Florida	29 58 0 N.	81 40 0	4000.
San Bernardo de Tarija	La Plata	22 14 0 S.	65 20 0
San Blas	New Spain	21 32 48 N.	105 15 33
San Carlos	Chiloe	41 57 0 S.	73 58 0	1100.
San Carlos	Caraccas	9 20 0 N.		9500.
San Diego mission	New Spain	32 39 30 N.	117 18 0	1560.
San Felipe, or Cocorata	Caraccas	10 15 0 N.		6800.
San Francisco mission	New Spain	37 48 30 N.	122 36 45	820.
San Josef mission	New Spain	23 3 25 N.	109 40 53
San Juan del Rio	New Spain		99 52 15
San Juan mission	New Spain	33 29 0 N.	117 5 1	1000.
San Juan de la Frontera	La Plata	33 25 0 S.	68 55 5	6000.
San Joan del Pao	Caraccas	9 20 0 N.		5400.
San Juan de Pasto	New Granada	1 15 0 N.	76 46 0	7000.
San Lazaro, mountain	New Spain	24 47 0	N. 112 21 0
San Lucas, cape	New Spain	22 55 23 N.	109 50 23
San Luis de Cura	Caraccas	9 45 0 N.		4000.
San Luis de Gonzaga	Chili	36 45 0 S.
San Luis de Zacatecas	New Spain	23 0 0 N.	101 34 45	33,000.
San Miguel de Ibarra	New Granada	0 5 0 N.	77 40 0	10,000.
San Salvador	Guatimala	13 40 0 N.	89 20 0	5000.
San Sebastian de los Reyes	Caraccas	9 54 0 N.		3500.
San Sebastian del Oro, or La Plata	New Granada	2 50 0 N.	75 0 0
Santa Barbara, mission	New Spain	34 26 0 N.	119 45 15	1090.
Santa Buenaventura	New Spain	34 17 0 N.	119 25 15	940.
Santa Fé	New Spain	36 12 0 N.	104 52 45	3600.
Santa Fé, or Bogota	New Granada	4 6 0 N.	78 30 0	30,000.
Santa Fé de Antioquia	New Granada	6 48 0 N.	74 36 0
Santa Marta	New Granada	11 19 2 N.	74 4 30
Santiago	Chili	33 26 0 S.	70 44 0	36,000.
Santiago del Estero	La Plata	27 46 0 S.	65 12 0	500 Families.
Santo Tomé	Caraccas	8 8 11 N.	63 54 2	6 or 8000.
Sechura	Peru	5 32 33 S.		400 Families.
Silla de Caraccas mountain, highest-peak	Caraccas	10 31 15 N.	64 40 55
Sisal	New Spain	21 10 0 N.	89 59 30	Port of Merida de Yucatan.
Soconusco	Guatimala	15 28 0 N.	94 36 0
Socorro, Isle	Pacific	18 48 0 N.	110 9 0
Suchitepeque	Guatimala	14 44 0 N.	93 36 0	1480.
Tabasco	New Spain	18 34 0 N.	93 36 0
Tacames	New Granada	0 52 0 N.	62 0 0
Talca, or San Augustin	Chili	35 13 0 S.	71 1 0	Populous.
Tarma	Peru	11 35 0 S.	75 17 0	5600.
Tasco	New Spain	18 35 0 N.	99 28 45
Tehuantepeque	New Spain	16 20 0 N.	95 1 0	2600 Families ofIndians and 50 of Whites.
Teneriffe	New Granada	10 2 0 N.	74 30 0
Tezcuco	New Spain	19 30 40 N.	98 51 0
Tiahuanaco	La Plata	17 17 0 S.		Famous for some singular monuments.
Timana	New Granada	2 12 0 N.	74 46 0
Tocayma	New Granada	4 16 0 N.	74 59 0	700.
Tocuyo	Caraccas	9 35 0 N.	70 20 0	10,200.
Todos los Santos	New Spain	23 26 0 N.	110 18 0
Tolu	New Granada	9 32 0 N.	75 30 0
Tomina	La Plata	19 10 0 S.	65 46 0
Tres Marias Isle south cape of the east isle	Pacific	26 16 0 N.	106 17 30
Trinidad	Cuba	21 48 20 N.	80 0 52
Truxillo	Guatimala	15 51 0 N.	86 8 0
Truxillo	Peru	8 5 40 S.	79 19 13	5800.
Truxillo	Caraccas	8 40 0 N.		7600.
Tucuman	La Plata	26 49 0 S.	64 36 0
Tumbez	Peru	3 26 0 S.	80 6 0
Tunja	New Granada	5 5 0 N.	72 56 0	400.
Ucayale, junction of, with the False Maranon	New Granada	4 55 0 S.		Forms the Maranon.
Valdivia	Chili	40 5 0 S.	80 5 0	Populous.
Valencia	Caraccas	10 9 0 N.	68 25 0	8000.
Valladolid	New Spain	19 42 0 N.	100 52 0	18,000.
Valparaiso	Chili	33 0 30 S.	71 38 15	Populous.
Varinas	Caraccas	7 40 0 N.		6000.
Velez	New Granada	5 50 0 N.	73 16 0
Vera Cruz	New Spain	19 11 52 N.	96 8 45	16,000.
Vera paz, or Coban	Guatimala	15 50 0 N.	91 14 0
Villa del Fuerte	New Spain	26 50 0 N.	108 13 15
Villa del Principe	Cuba	21 17 0 N.	77 45 0
Villa Rica	La Plata	25 48 0 S.	56 31 0	3000.
Xalapa	New Spain	19 30 8 N.	96 54 45	13,000.
Xagua, Boca de	Cuba		80 34 7
Xuxui	La Plata	23 5 0 S	66 2 0