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INDEX 
86; forests, 87; currency, 
88; drugs, 87; travelers’ 
tax, 89; cities, 89; ex 
ports, 88-379-380; imports, 
88-379 
Bolivar (Simon), 80, 106, 114 
Braden Copper Co., 73 
British capital invested, 289 
Brazil, 192-215; illiteracy, 
332; imports, 380-381-382- 
383-384 
Brazil, 6, 7, xo; area, 13; 
boundaries, 13; popula 
tion, 14; discoverer, 14; 
history, 15; language, 
14; early government, 
15; present government, 
16; climate, 17; geogra 
phy, 17; coast, 17; ports, 
18; rivers, 18, 19; prod 
ucts, 19; manufactures, 
21; mines, 22; railways, 
24, 29; hotels, 24; money, 
24; imports, 25, 26; ex 
ports, 25, 26; preferential 
duty, 25; steamships, 27; 
cities, 29; travellers’ tax, 
30 
British Guiana, 13-15, 191; 
early history, 192; topog 
raphy, 192; temperature, 
193; area, 193; exports 
and imports, 194, 195; 
travelers’ tax, 194; bank- 
_ ing, 195 
British West Indies, 205 
Bubonic plague, 254-371 
Cabot, Sebastian, 31-57 
Cabral, Pedro Alvarez, 14 
Caicos Islands, 205 
Canadian banks, 195-206, 299 
Canal Zone, 143; currency, 
152 
Carib Indians, 168 
Castro, Cipriano, 9 
Cattle raising, 172, 179 
Caymans, 205 
Central American Federation, 
139 
Chicle (gum) 148, 149, 163 
Chile, 13, 32; discoverers, 67; 
Indians of, 67; early his 
tory, 67; government, 68; 
area, 68; coast of, 68; 
mountains, 68; climate, 
68; population, 69; for 
eign colonies, 69; rail 
ways, 69; rivers, 70; 
ports, 71; nitrate, 71, 72; 
iodine, 72; copper, 73; 
coal, 74; minerals, 74; 
crops, 74; wine, 74; cattle, 
75 ; forests, 75; industries, 
75 ; fruits, 75 ; exports, 76; 
imports, 76, 77; money, 
76; business in hands of, 
77; travellers’ tax, 77; 
cities, 78; how to reach, 
78-215, 219; illiteracy, 
331, 356; imports, 384-385 
Clothes for Latin America, 
260 
Cocaine, 87-101-102 
Cocoa, 20, 132, 179, 207, 364 
Coffee, 19, 88, no, 119, 131, 
135, 149, 183, 188, 196, 208, 
364 
Colombia, 13; discoverer, 114; 
early history, 114; area, 
115; topography, 115; cli 
mate, 116; population, 
116; present government,