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Three gringos in Venezuela and Central America

Chapter 2: ILLUSTRATIONS
By Richard Harding Davis
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A travel writer narrates a voyage from the Gulf of Mexico through Caribbean ports, Central American interiors, and into northern South America, mixing on-the-spot reporting with personal observation. The account moves among coastal harbors, rail and pack-train journeys into highlands, and river and forest excursions, noting landscapes, wildlife, markets, and local customs. Interspersed are descriptions of political and military scenes, commercial activity including large engineering projects, and vivid anecdotal episodes that offer practical travel information alongside commentary on colonial administration and regional disputes that affected routes and commerce.

ILLUSTRATIONS

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FORDING THE CHAMELICON RIVER Frontispiece
MAP OF VENEZUELA AND CENTRAL AMERICA, SHOWING THE ROUTE OF THE “THREE GRINGOS” xiii
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, BELIZE 7
SIR ALFRED MOLONEY 10
NATIVE CONSTABULARY, BELIZE 13
MAIN STREET, BELIZE 17
NATIVE WOMEN OF LIVINGSTON 20
GUATEMALLECAN ARMY AT LIVINGSTON 23
BARRACKS AT PORT BARRIOS 25
THE EXILED LOTTERY BUILDING 35
THE IGUANAS OF HONDURAS 51
OUR NAVAL ATTACHÉ 57
OUR MILITARY ATTACHÉ 60
A STRETCH OF CENTRAL-AMERICAN RAILWAY 62
THE THREE GRINGOS 64
SETTING OUT FROM SAN PEDRO SULA 67
THE HIGHLANDS OF HONDURAS 71
SOMERSET 74
A DRAWER OF WATER 77
NATIVE METHOD OF DRYING COFFEE 85
IN A CENTRAL-AMERICAN FOREST 89
ON THE TRAIL TO SANTA BARBARA 97
A HALT AT TRINIDAD 101
GENERAL LOUIS BOGRAN 105
OUR PACK-TRAIN AT SANTA BARBARA 107
A VILLAGE IN THE INTERIOR 114
BRIDGE CONNECTING TEGUCIGALPA WITH ITS SUBURB 123
BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF TEGUCIGALPA 127
THE BANK OF HONDURAS 129
STATUE OF MORAZAN 132
P. BONILLA 135
GENERAL LOUIS BOGRAN, EX-PRESIDENT 138
BARRACKS OF TEGUCIGALPA AFTER THE ATTACK OF THE REVOLUTIONISTS 141
MORAZAN, THE LIBERATOR OF HONDURAS 145
ON THE WAY TO CORINTO 155
PRINCIPAL HOTEL AND PRINCIPAL HOUSE AT CORINTO 162
HARBOR OF CORINTO 175
THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE AT MANAGUA 179
PRESIDENT ZELAYA OF NICARAGUA 183
MAP OF THE WORLD SHOWING CHANGES IN TRADE ROUTES AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE NICARAGUA CANAL 191
DREDGES IN THE CANAL 195
THE BAY OF PANAMA 199
PANAMA CANAL ON THE PACIFIC SIDE 203
HUTS OF WORKMEN EMPLOYED ON THE CANAL 206
THE TOP OF A DREDGE 209
STREET SCENE IN PANAMA 213
THE CANAL IN THE INTERIOR 217
STATUE OF SIMON BOLIVAR, CARACAS 223
STATUE OF WASHINGTON DECORATED WITH FLORAL WREATHS BY THE VENEZUELANS 227
DECORATION OF THE STATUE OF BOLIVAR AT CARACAS, VENEZUELA, DECEMBER 18, 1895, BY AMERICAN RESIDENTS 231
SIMON BOLIVAR 234
VIEW OF LA GUAYRA 235
THE RAILROAD UP THE MOUNTAIN 239
COURT-YARD OF A HOUSE IN CARACAS 243
THE MARKET OF CARACAS 247
VIEW OF CARACAS Facing 250
PRESIDENT CRESPO, OF VENEZUELA 251
LEGISLATIVE BUILDING, CARACAS 253
THE PRESIDENT’S BODY-GUARD OF COWBOYS 255
BAPTIZING INDIANS AT A VENEZUELA STATION ON THE CUYUNI RIVER 259
A TYPICAL HUNTING-PARTY IN VENEZUELA 263
A CLEARING IN THE COUNTRY 267
THE CUYUNI RIVER 271
VENEZUELAN STATION ON THE CUYUNI RIVER 274
ENGLISH STATION ON THE CUYUNI RIVER 275
DR. PEDRO EZEQUIEL ROJAS 277
MAP EXPLAINING VENEZUELAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE 278
THE CITY OF CARACAS 279