THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



musicians they have made the Mexican 

 bands known all over the world. They 

 are gifted, besides, with a singular tenac- 

 ity of purpose and mentally are capable 

 of receiving a high education, which we 

 may hope will be accepted with modera- 

 tion. 



What will be their future when their 



swamps are drained and their old lake- 

 dweller life merged into the humdrum of 

 farmers? If by good fortune they are 

 kept from the deadly effects of alcohol, 

 that chief moloch of the Mexican Indian, 

 no doubt they will live happily on the dry 

 lake bottom as before in the days of 

 Montezuma. 



THE LATEST MAP OF MEXICO 



Especially Compiled for the Members of the National 



Geographic Society 



THE attention of the members of the 

 Society is called to the map of Mex- 

 ico presented in this number, 20" x 29" 

 in size, and printed in four colors. Noth- 

 ing has been left undone to make this the 

 most accurate, the most detailed, and yet 

 the most easily read map of that country 

 ever compiled, embracing the very latest 

 information obtainable from authorita- 

 tive sources. It not only shows all of the 

 transportation lines, but every station of 

 even passing interest, as well as the vil- 

 lages and towns off of the beaten paths. 



The map is drawn on a scale of 67.6 

 miles to the inch and has an insert, drawn 

 to a scale of 33.8 miles to the inch, show- 

 ing the great region embraced between 

 Tampico and Vera Cruz on the east and 

 Morelia, Guanajuato, and San Luis Po- 

 tosi on the west. There is also a very 

 helpful drawing which shows the size of 

 Massachusetts, Connecticut. Rhode Is- 

 land, and eastern New York in compari- 

 son with Mexico. 



In addition to this, there is a small 

 physical map showing elevations in Mex- 

 ico. It gives at a glance a graphic por- 

 trayal of the physical appearance of the 

 country, there being one color represent- 

 ing all territory below 1,000 feet, another 

 elevations from 1,000 to 5,000 feet. a third 

 showing that part of the country lying 



between the 5,000 feet and the 8,000 feet 

 contour, and a fourth showing all terri- 

 tory lying above 8,000 feet. 



Particular attention is called to the 

 legibility of the map. The ordinary map 

 as full of detail as this one is difficult to 

 read, but our cartographer in this in- 

 stance has succeeded in gaining in detail 

 without losing in legibility — a rare com- 

 bination in map-making. A study of 

 Mexico from the map-maker's viewpoint 

 reveals many interesting facts. Although 

 that country is only one-fourth as large 

 as the United States, one can travel in a 

 straight line as far as from National City, 

 California, to Sitka, Alaska, or from Chi- 

 cago to Nicaraugua, or from Richmond, 

 Virginia, to Colon, Panama, without ever 

 setting foot on other than Mexican soil. 

 Likewise the distance between National 

 City, California, and the mouth of the 

 Rio Grande is greater than that from 

 Baltimore, Maryland, t o Galveston, 

 Texas ; also, it is farther from extreme 

 northwestern Mexico to the extreme 

 southeastern shore of that country than 

 it is from St. Louis, Missouri, to San 

 Juan, Porto Rico. 



Extra copies of this map may be had 

 for 50 cents each. Copies mounted on 

 linen at Si each, and on rollers $1.50 

 postpaid in the United States. 



