Mexican illustrations, founded upon facts; indicative of the present condition of society, manners, religion, and morals, among the Spanish and native inhabitants of Mexico / [Mark Beaufoy].

  • Mark Beaufoy
Date:
1828
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Mexican illustrations, founded upon facts; indicative of the present condition of society, manners, religion, and morals, among the Spanish and native inhabitants of Mexico / [Mark Beaufoy]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MEXICAN ILLUSTRATIONS. CHAP. I. VOYAGE TO THE WEST INDIES. Tue first time I crossed the Atlantic was on board a stout merchant-ship of 370 tons, and in com- pany with about twenty gentlemen in the employ- ment of one of the new-formed mining companies. They were mostly foreigners, collected from every part of civilised Europe; Germans and French, Italians and Belgians, English and Irish; and, in general, a well-educated and agreeable set of young men. French was the medium of communication in this moving Babe]; and such was the fact and excel- lent management of the individual who had charge of the expedition, that a voyage of seven weeks was actually concluded, without one quarrel on political or other subjects. B