Excerpt from History of Mexico: Her Civil Wars, and Colonial and Revolutionary Annals; From the Period of the Spanish Conquest, 1520, to the Present Time, 1847 That portion of the continent of North America formerly known as the Viceroyalty of New Spain, extended from the l6th to the 42d parallel of north latitudefi It was bounded on the east by Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico; on the west, by the Pacific Ocean; on the north, by the territory of the United States, and on the south, by Guatimala and the Pacific. This vast country' embraced within its limits every variety of soil, climate, and productions; but was sadly deficient in population, the principal element upon which nations build their hopes 'of greatness. 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.