Travels over the table lands and cordilleras of MexicoDuring the years 1843 and 44; including a description of California ..and the biographies of Iturbide and Santa Anna . ; while, in the growing season, the dewsof heaven descend in ample quantities to promote thegrowth of vegetation. That portion of California mostknown, is not remarkable for its agricultural inducements;yet it is abundantly rich in minerals, and possesses greatercommercial advantages than any other country on the west-ern coast of America. The greater part of the territorylying between the Sierra Nevada and Texas, remains y
Travels over the table lands and cordilleras of MexicoDuring the years 1843 and 44; including a description of California ..and the biographies of Iturbide and Santa Anna . ; while, in the growing season, the dewsof heaven descend in ample quantities to promote thegrowth of vegetation. That portion of California mostknown, is not remarkable for its agricultural inducements;yet it is abundantly rich in minerals, and possesses greatercommercial advantages than any other country on the west-ern coast of America. The greater part of the territorylying between the Sierra Nevada and Texas, remains yet tobe explored and settled, when it will yield the most bounti-ful returns to civilized and christian man. As it regards the general history and state of society inCalifornia, it cannot be otherwise than uninteresting to thegeneral ; and if these outlines shall contribute toawaken a degree of interest in the affairs of the westernportion of our continent, commensurate with the importanceof the subject, the author of these travels will be amply re-warded for liis time and expenditures, while travellingthrough the perilous and unfrequented roads of Mexico. n. ./m 3^K3r^-: tX EMPEHQH OF MtXICD APPENDIX. 393 BIOGRAPHY OF ITLUBIDE, EX-EMPEROR OF MEXICO. The world is familiar with the career of Don Augustinde Iturbide, as the first and only crowned head that has oc-cupied a throne in North America since its seltlemeiit byEuropeans; and, what is more rcmarkahle, he was elevatedby thp free and almost unanimous voice of his countrymen,from the station of a citizen to the office and prerogatives ofa monarch. Iturbide was born in the year 1785, in the town of Val-ladolid, near the Pacific coast of Mexico; and sprang fromone of the oldest and most respectable CastiJian families of Ja-lasco, who had always occupied an important position in thecountry, and were not less distinguished for their affectionfor the people of Mexico than their adherence and loyaltyto their sovereign down
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