Acapulco is a pretty large Town, 17 deg. North of the Equator. It is the Sea-Port for the City of Mexico, on the West-side of the Continent; as La Vera Cruz, or St. Joan d’Ulloa in the Bay of Nova Hispania, is on the North-side. This Town is the only…
"The trade of Mexico consists of three great branches, which extend over the whole world. It carries on a traffic with Europe, by La Vera Cruz, situated on the Gulf of Mexico, on North Sea; with the East Indies, by Acapulco on the South Sea, two…
"Notwithstanding what has been said of Vera Cruz and Acapulco, the city of Mexico, the capital of the empire, ought to be considered as the center of commerce in this part of the world; for here the principal merchants reside, and the greatest part…
