8 (Beograpbical Botes on 



First, annexation of Texas, which embraces in whole or in part the 

 following States and Territories : 



Sq. Miles. 



Texas 265,780 



Colorado, in part 18,000 



Kansas, in part 7,766 



New Mexico 65,201 



Oklahoma 5,74 



Total 362,487 



Second, cession by the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty, em- 

 bracing in whole or in part the following States and Terri- 

 tories : 



Sq. Miles. 



Arizona 82,381 



California 157,801 



Colorado, in part 29,500 



Nevada 1 1 2,090 



New Mexico 42,000 



Utah 84,476 



Wyoming, in part 14,320 



Total 522,568 



Third, cession by the Gadsden Treaty, containing ad- 

 ditions to the following Territories : 



Sq. Miles. 



Arizona 3*,535 



New Mexico 14,000 



Total 45,535 



Grand Total in Square Miles 930,590 



General Characteristics. Mexico is bounded on the east by the 

 long curve of the Gulf of Mexico and by the Caribbean Sea, and its 

 eastern coast is 1727 miles long; on the west it is washed by the 

 Pacific Ocean, its coast describing the arc of a still larger circle, for a 

 length of 4574 miles ; but after passing the latitude of the City of 

 Mexico, about the meridian 19 of north latitude, going south, the 

 continent makes a decided turn towards the east, the Gulf of Mexico 

 forming the northern border, and the Pacific Ocean the southern 

 border. 



Mexico has the shape of a cornucopia, with its narrowest end 

 tapering toward the southwest, its convex and concave sides facing 



