Libro Azul De Colombia

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. All the governments of America have paid great atten tion to the publication of books fully describing the history, geography, commerce, natural wealth, ways of transporta tion, etc., as well as the progress made by their respective countries, in order to present to the world and leave to posterity a faithful account of the degree of civilization they have attained. The present blue book OF colombia, relating to the richest and most beautiful of all spanish-american coun tries, offers to foreigners as well as to Colombians a fairly comprehensive resume of the past, present and future of that favored republic. The aim of the authors has been to impart exact, reliable knowledge of what the republic of Colombia really is, and for this purpose they have inserted in these pages many worthy writings of her leading men of letters,' historians, and geographers.