ands of, 77;

travellers’ tax, 77;

cities, 78;

how to reach, 78–215, 219;

illiteracy, 331, 356;

imports, 384–385

Clothes for Latin America, 260

Cocaine, 87–101–102

Cocoa, 20, 132, 179, 207, 364

Coffee, 19, 88, 110, 119, 131, 135, 149, 183, 188, 196, 208, 364

Colombia, 13;

• discoverer, 114;
• early history, 114;
• area, 115;
• topography, 115;
• climate, 116;
• population, 116;
• present government, 117;
• railroads, 117;
• Bogota, 118;
• travel, 118;
• rivers, 119;
• agriculture, 119;
• coffee, 119;
• bananas, 120;
• Panama hats, 120;
• tagua nuts, 120;
• cattle, 120;
• hides, 121;
• mines, 121, 122;
• emeralds, 121;
• money, 122;
• imports, 123, 386;
• exports, 123;
• travellers’ tax, 124;
• cities, 124;
• travel, 124;
• steamships, 125;
• ports, 125, 219–364

Columbus, Christopher, 114–126–139, 168, 5–13–47–65–77–122–183, 184, 208, 215, 218, 219, 220

German banks, 289

German investments, 355

Gold exchange standard countries, 300

Gold standard countries, 300

Grenadines, 206

Granada, 206, 209

Guadeloupe (French possession), 204, 205

Guano, 99–102–134

Guatemala, early history, 139;

• present government, 140;
• area and population, 140;
• topography, 144;
• railways, 145;
• agriculture, 147;
• forests, 148;
• bananas, 148;
• coffee, 149;
• exports, 149;
• imports, 150, 151;
• currency, 152, 153;
• travellers’ tax, 153;
• cities, 153;
• steamships, 154;
• illiteracy, 332

Guyara Falls, 61

Haiti, early history, geography and climate, 182, 183;

• roads, 183;
• monetary system, 184;
• travelers’ tax, 185;
• principal cities, 185;
• steamships, 185

Health precautions, 253–368

Henequen (rope), 163, 172

Holland, 15, 192, 199 (West Indian possessions), 200

Honduras (British), early history, 139;

• present government, 140;
• area and population, 143;
• topography, 144;
• agriculture, 147;
• forests, 148;
• bananas, 86, 87
• Tobacco, 19, 53, 62, 64, 171, 179, 188
• Tobago, 205
• Tonka (bean), 132, 135
• Torquemada, 268
• Trade commissions, 214
• Trade development, 212
• Trade Marks, 276
• Travel in Latin America, 251
• Travelers’ Tax, 174, 180, 189, 194, 245
• Trinidad, 205, 206, 207
• Tungsten, 99
• United Fruit Co., 121, 364, 365
• United States attitude toward Latin America, 274;
  • indifference toward investments, 359–362
• Uruguay, 13;
  • discoverer, 49;
  • early history, 49;
  • war with Brazil, 50;
  • government, 50;
  • area, 50;
  • climate, 51;
  • population, 51;
  • colonists, 51;
  • rivers, 52;
  • ports, 52;
  • railroads, 52;
  • agriculture, 53;
  • minerals, 53;
  • forest lands, 53;
  • grazing lands, 53;
  • packing houses, 53;
  • cattle census, 54;
  • money, 54;
  • exports, 55;
  • imports, 55, 391–392;
  • travellers’ tax, 55;
  • cities, 56;
  • steamships, 56
• Vacuum Oil Co., 230
• Valdivia, Pedro, 67
• Vanadium, 99–102
• Velasquez (Diego), 168
• Venezuela, 8–13;
  • early history, 126;
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