Two American youths and their learned guide travel through northern and central Mexico, Campeche and Yucatan, and on through the republics of Central America to the route of the proposed Nicaragua Canal. Knox mixes railway journeys and market scenes with lessons on Aztec history, the Spanish conquest, the Inquisition, silver mining and ruined Maya cities.
A travel book in story form from the 1880s, informative and old-fashioned in its views, for young armchair travellers. Download the free EPUB.