Medienkombination, Englisch, 650 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 830 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies
With Some Account of the Mines of that Country
Medienkombination, Englisch, 650 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 830 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies
ISBN: 978-1-108-07093-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The British naval officer George Francis Lyon (1795–1832) survived extremes of African heat and Arctic cold during his colourful career. Remembered chiefly for the engaging journals he kept, and for his watercolours of the Arctic, he was fascinated by the indigenous peoples of the lands he explored, notably being tattooed by Inuit and eating raw caribou and seal meat with them. In 1826 he sailed to Mexico, then recovering from its war of independence, to serve as a commissioner for an English mining company. His vivid and often entertaining two-volume account of his experiences was published in 1828. Volume 1 includes an account of the mines and miners of Zacatecas, as well as miscellaneous other observations. In Volume 2, Lyon encounters notorious bandits outside Guadalajara, ponders the potential navigation of rivers for commercial shipping, and writes of a visit to the Guadalajara theatre.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Schifffahrt
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten
- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
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Volume 1: Preface; 1. Arrival at Tampico; 2. Journey from Las Tamaulipas to San Luis Potosi; 3. Village of Veta Grande; 4. Account of the mines and miners of Zacatecas; 5. From Zacatecas to Bolanos; 6. Mines of Bolanos. Volume 2: 7. Route from Bolanos to Guadalaxara; 8. Departure from Guadalaxara; 9. Entrance to Mexico; 10. Leave Mexico; 11. Departure from Real del Monte; 12. General account of the inhabitants; Appendix.
