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Title: Young folks' history of Mexico
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Ober, Frederick A. (Frederick Albion), 1849-1913
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Publisher: Boston : Estes and Lauriat
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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the world an unwillingservice by dying, and his loathsome, worm-infested bodywas consigned to earth. The news of this important eventdid not reach Mexico till 1599, in which year the city ofMonterey was founded. (A. D. 1600.) In the year following, 1600, the city ofVera Cruz was transferred from its ancient site, where ithad been located by Cortez, to the one it at presentoccupies, in the vain hope that the last would prove moresalubrious. (A. D. 1602.) The coast of California, which in ourtime became El Dorado — the land of gold — wasthorougly explored, in 1602, by General Viscaino, by order;of Philip III., the new King of Spain and the Indies.- Setting sail from the port of Acapulco with four vessels hereached the port of Monterey — named in honor of theviceroy—and eventually coasted as far as Cape Mendo-cino, in latitude 40° north. Cabrillo, a Portuguese in theservice of Spain, discovered California in the year 1542,and the buccaneer, Drake, took possession of it for Queen
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SPANISH MISSION, MONTEREY. Draini7ig the Valley of Mexico. 385 Elizabeth in 1578, naming it New Albion; but nearlytwo hundred years passed before any attempt to planta colony here resulted in success. The opening years of the seventeenth century saw theSpaniards in possession of a vast amount of territorynorth, south, east, and west of Mexico, chiefly acquiredthrough expeditions planned and started from the centralcity. During these first years, it is alleged, the Indiansvoluntarily returned to the old system of repartimientos^ bywhich they were assigned to the miners and planters aslaborers, in reality slaves. It is claimed that their naturalindolence moved them to this ; but such is contrary towhat is recorded by those interested in their welfare. (A. D. 1607.) The early years of this century were alsomade memorable by another inundation; and in 1607, asit was found that the dikes erected at various times wereinsufficient to protect the city, a stupendous undertakingwas set in progr

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