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It [Acapulco] has nothing good but the natural security of the harbour; which winding like a snail, as was said before, and having water alike in all parts, the ships are enclos'd in it with vast high mountains, as if they were wall'd in.

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This ill temper of the air, and the mountainous foil, are the cause that Acapulco must me supply'd with provisions from other parts; and therefore it is dear living there, because a man cannot eat well under a piece of eight a dar; the place, besides…

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A distant prospect of the capital of Mexico, to which they go through a high road amidst craggy and steep mountains, from one of which descend the Spanish infantry, and Fernando Cortes at their head;

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Having passed the mountains of Chalco, the landscape which opened before them inspired all with transport and admiration.

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Beyond the Mangroves, indeed, we meet with fine savannas or meadows, lying between little rising Hills; and on the North-West Coast of the South Sea, near the Gulph of California , the Mountains come almost close to the Shore; and there is none of…

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Florida and Mexico together make a large bay, which is called the Gulph of Florida or the Gulph of Mexico.

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To the south-west, as the tract of country between the sea coast and the Mississippi becomes narrower, the mountains converge into a single ridge, which, as it approaches the Gulph of Mexico, subsides into plain country, and gives rise to some of the…

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These mountains are not confusedly fettered and broken, rising here and there into high peaks, overtopping each other, but stretch along in uniform ridges, fearcely half a mile high. They spread as you proceed south, and some of them terminate in…

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Iztaccihuatl, known by the Spaniards under the name of Sierra Nevada, threw out also at sometimes smoke and ashes.

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"Pojauhtecal, called by the Spaniards, Volcan de Orizaba, began to send forth smoke in the year 1545, and continued to do so for twenty years; but after that, for the space of more than two centuries, there has not been observed the smallest sign of…

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Mexico is very much encumber’d with Mountains, which are, for the most part, cover’d with Woods; but there are a chain of Hills higher than usual, that run almost the whole length of it, from the South-East to the North-West: From these we descend…

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The Popocatepec and Iztaccihuatl, which lay near each other, but thirty-three miles distant from Mexico towards the south-east, are also of a surprising height. Popocatepec, for which the have substituted the name Volcan, has a mouth or vent more…

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In Mexico, Mount Popochamepeche, and Mount Popocatepax. There are also some [Burning Mountains] in the West India Islands.

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"The Popocatepu and Tztaceihuatl, which lie near each other, thirty-three miles south-east from Mexico, are also of a surprising height. Popocatepu, for which they have substituted the name Volcan, has a mouth or vent more than half a mile wide, from…

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There is another port S.E. of this call'd del Marques, or of the marques, only two leagues distant from Acapulco, which has water enough for great ships and good anchoring; whither generally the ships of Peru, that dare not put into Acapulco, because…

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The territory of Tlascala was about fifty miles in circumference: the chain of mountains which crosses it is considered as a ridge of the highest in the world, and extends the whole length of South America.

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Tlascala was at that Time a Province abounding with Inhabitants, and above fifty Leagues in Circumference: The Land was mountainous and uneven, full of Hills, and seem’d to be Branches of the Mountain, which is now called the Great Cordillera.

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After we came aboard we saw the Volcan of Colima . This is a very high Mountain, in about 18 d 36 m. North, standing five or fix Leagues from the Sea, in the midst of a pleasant Valley. It appears with two sharp Peeks, from each of which there do…

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And it is very remarkable, that the Mountains on the West side of Mexico, are most of them Volcanos from whence Fire and Smoke are perpetually issuing; and this is supposed to be the Occasion of those frequent Earthquakes that happen on this Coast,…

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In Mexico, Mount Popochamepeche, and Mount Popocatepax. There are also some [Burning Mountains] in the West India Islands.

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