Note XXXVII‑40 — Chapter XXXVII · GUATEMALA AND CHIAPAS. 1701-1800.
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Guat., Apunt., 8. The Nueva España, Breve Resúmen, MS., ii. 349, says, 'it extends for more than 300 leagues along the coast of the South Sea, but in a straight line from east to west it is but 240, its greatest width being 180;' and again, 'from the limits of Tehuantepec, the last of the provinces of New Spain, to the Escudo de Veraguas, the limits of the kingdom of Tierra Firme (via the cities of Santiago, Leon, Nicoya, Cartago, Boruca), it is 650 leagues.'