MAP OF THE MINING REGIONS OF THE DEPART- 
MENTS OF ANTIOQUIA AND TOLIMA. 
The accompanying map has been compiled from the standard 
atlases, the map published by the Bureau of American Republics, and 
numerous others. The topography in great part has been derived 
from the numerous detailed maps of various localities in Colombia, 
given in the work of Reclus before quoted, and from the large 
official map of the former State of Cauca. It is designed only 
to show the position of the mining towns referred to in this 
work, their relations to the important cities of the Republic, and 
the topography of the intervening territory. A few of the more 
important mining towns, not included in the scope of this work, have 
also been entered. It has been thought best not to burden the map 
with many of the smaller places, especially as in the majority of cases 
the locations given them by the different maps do not agree, During 
the compilation it was discovered that hardly any two maps of 
Colombia are consistent with each other. Differences of fifteen 
or twenty miles in the location of towns are common, and much 
greater differences are not unusual. On one map, Ibagué, the capital 
city of Tolima, is entered twice under slightly different spellings. 
These discrepancies, in addition to the duplication of names common 
in Latin-American countries, are due totwo causes. For many years 
maps were based upon certain determinations of Humboldt, which 
were in error and shifted the section of the Andes between Bogota 
and Cuzco too far to the west. The errors have been corrected 
from time to time as other surveys have been made along the line of 
the coast and for railways. Thus itcomes that maps made from data 
collected at different times differ.’ The other reason for discrepancies 
in the location of the towns is that some of the towns (e. g., Remedios, 
‘see page 132) have been moved from time to time, owing to failure 
of mines, or the mortality due to an unhealthful climate. 
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