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[[image - map of Mexico Central America and the West Indies, with additional inset maps of Isthmus of Nicaragua and Isthmus of Tehuantepec]]

[[preprinted]] No. 16
Map of Mexico,
Central America,
and the
West Indies
[[underlined]] Remarks [[/underlined]]
The West Indies comprise the Great  Antillos, the Little Antilles, the Bahama islands and the Caribbec Islands.
The Great Antilles are Cuba, Hayti, Jamaica, and Porto Rico.
The Little Antilles be along the coast of Venezuela: of those Curacoa and Margarita are the largest.
The Bahama Islands lie north of Cuba and Hayti comprising Abaco, Elenthera, Guanaham and others.
The Caribbec Islands extend from Porto Rico to Trinidad, including the latter. those which lie north of latitude 15° are called the Leeward and those south, the Windard Is. 

[[underlined]] Distances from New Your to San Francisco [[/underlined]]
Via [[?]] and Panama (Panama route) 6350 m
Via San Juan del Norte and [[?]] del Sur  (Nicaragua route) 6225 m
Via [[?]] R and La Ventura (Tehuantopu route) [[5200?]] m

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the custom district of Pennsylvania. [[/preprinted]]



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Mexico [[et?]]

Münzenberger and Kapp; Musquiz. Mex: Care of Wm. Schuchardt, Eagle Pass, Texas (have meteorite  III.1871
Carlos Schuchardt, Mazapil. Zacatecas. Care of W. Schuchardt, Eagle Pass. Tex. mining engineer  III. 1871
Señor Antonio Peñafiel, curator of Nat. Mus. Mex.. III.71