GUATEMALA
Reading edition
Works of
NEVIN O. WINTER
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Mexico and Her People of To-day $3.00
Guatemala and Her People of To-day 3.00
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PRESIDENT CABRERA.
GUATEMALA AND
HER PEOPLE OF
TO-DAY
BEING AN ACCOUNT OF
THE LAND, ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT;
THE PEOPLE, THEIR CUSTOMS AND
CHARACTERISTICS; TO WHICH ARE ADDED
CHAPTERS ON BRITISH HONDURAS AND
THE REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS, WITH REFERENCES
TO THE OTHER COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL
AMERICA, SALVADOR, NICARAGUA,
AND COSTA RICA
BY
NEVIN O. WINTER
AUTHOR OF “MEXICO AND HER PEOPLE OF TO-DAY”
ILLUSTRATED FROM ORIGINAL AND
SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR
BOSTON ❦ ❦ L. C. PAGE
AND COMPANY ❦ MDCCCCIX
Copyright, 1909,
By L. C. Page & Company
(INCORPORATED)
All rights reserved
First Impression, July, 1909
Electrotyped and Printed by
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A.
The author’s route is printed in red. (Click on the map for a larger version.)
TO
MY SISTER
For the better understanding of the pronunciation of the names of towns and places in Guatemala and other parts of Spanish-America, the rule for their pronunciation is herewith given:
is pronounced like, in English
A ah
E ay
I ee
J h
O oh
U oo
Ñ ny
Hue we
LL lli (in million)
H is silent
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