. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 202 MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, WEST INDIES. Central America, taken in its narrowest political sense, that is, as tlie region of isthmuses—excluding Chiapas, which belongs to Mexico, and the double crescent of Panama, which is included in Colombia—has more than once constituted a single political dominion. Under the Spanish rule the Royal Audienza of Guatemala, which also comprised the present Mexican province of Soconusco, extended south- wards to Chiriqui Bay. In 1823, when the independence of Guatemala was pro- claimed, the southern provinces cont
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 202 MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, WEST INDIES. Central America, taken in its narrowest political sense, that is, as tlie region of isthmuses—excluding Chiapas, which belongs to Mexico, and the double crescent of Panama, which is included in Colombia—has more than once constituted a single political dominion. Under the Spanish rule the Royal Audienza of Guatemala, which also comprised the present Mexican province of Soconusco, extended south- wards to Chiriqui Bay. In 1823, when the independence of Guatemala was pro- claimed, the southern provinces continued to form part of the new republic, of which Guatemala was the capital. But in 1838, after much civil strife, this con- federacy was definitely dissolved, and Central America became decomposed into the Fig. 86.—Old Steaits in Central Ameeica. Scale 1 : ' 300 Miles. five autonomous States of Guatemala, Honduras, San Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. But in 1879, the constitution of Guatemala already anticipated an intimate political union between the various republics, and engaged on its part to maintain and cultivate " mutual family relations " with them. It also expressed the wish of the people to again form part of a larger Central American nationality. All natives of the neighbouring republics became by right Guatemalan citizens by merely expressing a desire to that effect. At the same time, all these acts of fraternal legislation were accompanied by warlike armaments, to compel the other states to join the union should they prove refractory. In 1886, on the initiative of Guatemala, a congress was held for the purpose of preparing a new scheme of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H
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