LIST OF ILLUSTEATIONS. 



LIST or ILLUSTRATIONS. 



FIG. 



1 . Inhabitable Regions in North America 



2. Inhabitable Kegions in South America 



3. Futiu'e Routes between Paris and Buenos 



Ayres ....... 



4. Chief Routes of the Spanish Conqvierors in 



South America ..... 



5. Deteiioination of the Meridian of Quito 



6. OutUnes of the Andes and of the Eastern 



Higlilands ...... 



7. Andes Sceneey. View taken at the 



Chaupichaca Bridge, Lima — La Oroya 

 Railway ...... 



8. Region of Oceanic Encroachments about 



the Amazons Estuaiy .... 



9. Main Geological Divisions of South Ame- 



rica ....... 



10. Isothermal Lines of South America . 



1 1 . Distribution of Rainfall in South America 



12. Drude's Main Botanical Divisions of South 



America ...... 



13. Main Divisions of the South American 



Aborigines ...... 



14. Scene of the War of Independence in South 



America ..... 



15. Continental Parting-Lines between the 



Spanish and Portuguese Domains . 



1 6. Ethnical Divisions of South America in 189 



17. Zones of Distances between London o 



Paris and South America 



18. Density of Population in South America 



19. Tobago . 



20. View taken at Saint James, Port of 



Spain, Teinidad 



21. Wife of a Rich Hindi; Coolie 



22. Trinidad . 



23. Port of Sixain 



24. Margarita. 

 2.5. Cura<,'ao 



26. Willemstad 



27. Frontiers of Venezuela 



28. Gulf of Cariaco . 



29. Sierra de Merida 



30. Mythical Lake of Parima 



31. Orinoco Basin . 

 82. The Orinoco at Caicara 



33. Orinoco Delta . 



34. Lake of Valencia 



35. Turtle Banks on the Middle Orinoco . 



36. Barcelona and Cumana 



37. Caracas; View taken above the Glaire 



38. Valencia and Puerto Cabello 



39. Puerto Cabello . 



Core and Paraguana Peninsula 



Lake of Maracaibo . 



Ramifications of the Atabapo 

 Ramifying Streams on the Brazil and 

 Venezuelan Frontiers . 



Maipures and Atures Rapids 



Aborigines of Venezuela . 



Yuruauri Gold-mines 



La Gxjaira ; View taken at Carvonal 



La Guaira. ..... 



Political Divisions of Venezuela 



Chief Exploring Expeditions in Venezuela 

 and Colombia 



Zones of Altitude in Colombia . 



Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta . 



Mesa de Herveo and Ruiz Volcano 



Quindio Pass ..... 



Colombia Mountains .... 



Tequendama Falls ; View taken at thi 

 First Terrace .... 



The Nare Gorge .... 



Inland Delta of the Magdalena . 



Mouths of the Magdalena . 



Mouths of the Atrato 



Tuquen-es Plateau and Valley of the Gua 

 itara ...... 



Pasto Plateau and the Cocha Basin . 



Road in the Hot Lands, Colombia 



Cldef Vegetable Products of Colombia 

 . MuYscA Idol ..... 

 , Chief Indian Nations and Tribes of C'olom 



bia .... 

 , Goajira Peninsula 

 . Suma Paz Basin 

 . Bogota and its Approaches 

 . Girardot Bend . 

 . Honda and La Dorada Railway 

 . BoYACA Battlefield 

 . Chiquiuquira and Lake of Enqueue 

 , Socorro, Bucaramanga, and Sogamoso 



Gorges .... 

 . Cucuta District . 

 . Popayau and Guanacas Pass 

 . Upper Cauca Valley . 



. Goldfields of the Department of Autioquia 

 . Ramifications of Mompos . 

 . Roadstead and Harbours of Savanilla 

 . Cartagena and its Harbours 

 . Fort of Buenaventura 

 . Landing-stage at Salgar, Port of 



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. Communications of Colombia 



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