Spanish Honduras Its Rivers La

Author : UNKNOWN. AUTHOR
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332094066
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Spanish Honduras written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Spanish Honduras: Its Rivers, Lagoons, Savannas, Mountains, Minerals, Forests, Fish, Game, Agricultural Products, Fruits, Transportation and Natives Central America occupies that portion of the globe lying between North and South America and between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Geographically, its northwestern extremity is at the Isthmus of Tehnantepec and its southwestern extremity at the Isthmus of Panama. Politically, it includes the British colony of Belize and five independent Republics. One of the largest three is the Republic of Honduras. To the west of Honduras lie the Republics of Guatemala and Salvador, to the south of it Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The area of Honduras is about five thousand square miles larger than that of the State of Pennsylvania. Its northern coast line is about 350 miles long. Its southern coast line nearly surrounds the Bay of Fonseca. and is seventy miles long. The surface is generally mountainous, but the central part of the Republic consists of a large plateau of 3,000 to 4,000 feet elevation above sea level. The country is drained by a number of rivers, the largest of which are the Ulna, the Aguan and the Patuca. Patuca River rises in the south central portion of the Republic, flows in a general northeast direction for a distance of 300 miles, and empties into the Caribbean Sea. It is the largest river between the Mississippi and the Magdalena. The highest mountain ranges are in the northern and western parts of the country. The highest peak is Mount Congrehoi, near the north coast, which rises more than 8,000 feet above sea level. The entire country, excepting only the higher mountain peaks, is covered either with a dense tropical growth, or with tall grasses. The alluvial soils of the valleys sustain a jungle, the hills and mountain sides a heavy growth of valuable hard woods and the plateaus comprise ideal grazing grounds. The mountains are rich in minerals. Gold, silver, copper, coal, iron and opals exist in abundance. The modern history of Honduras dates back to the landing of Columbus on its north coast in 1502. That it was earlier peopled by a progressive race is shown in its vast ruins, the most noted of which are to be found in the department of Copan, and also near Catacamas, in the valley of the Patuca. Columbus laid claim to the country for the crown of Spain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.