See also:

• VERA, AUGUSTO (1813-1885)

VERA CRUZ (officially VERA CRUZ LEAVE)  , a Gulf See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

Coast See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico, bounded N. by See also:

• TAMAULIPAS

Tamaulipas, W. by See also:

• SAN

San Luis See also:

• POTOSI

Potosi, See also:

• HIDALGO
• HIDALGO (a Spanish word, contracted from hijo d'algo or hijo de algo, son of something, or somewhat)

Hidalgo, See also:

• PUEBLA
• PUEBLA (full title La Puebla de los Angeles, and more recently, Puebla de Zaragoza)

Puebla and See also:

• OAXACA, OAJACA (from Aztec Huaxyacac), or OAXACA DE JUAREZ (official title)
• OAXACA, or OAJACA (officially OAXACA DE JUAREZ)

Oaxaca, and S.E. by See also:

• CHIAPAS

Chiapas and See also:

• TABASCO

Tabasco . Pop . (1900) 981,030 . It is about 50 M. wide, extending along the coast, N.W. to S.E., for a distance of 435 m., with an See also:

• AREA

area of 29,201 sq. m . It was the seat of an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization antedating the See also:

• AZTECS (from the Nahuatl word aztlan, " place of the Heron," or " Heron " people)

Aztecs and is filled with remarkable and interesting ruins; it is now one of the richest states of the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic . It consists of a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low, sandy coastal See also:

• ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone, much broken with tidewater streams and lagoons, behind which the See also:

• LAND

land rises gradually to the See also:

• BASE

base of the sierras and then in See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich valleys and wooded slopes to their summits on the eastern margin of the See also:

• GREAT

great Mexican See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau, from which rise the majestic summits of See also:

• ORIZABA (Aztec, Citlaltepetl, " star mountain ")
• ORIZABA (Indian name Ahuaializ-apan, pleasant waters)

Orizaba and Cofre de Perote . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is hot, humid and malarial, except on the higher elevations; the rainfall is heavy, and the tropical vegetation is so dense that it is practically impossible to clear it away . At Coatzacoalcos the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual precipitation ranges from 125 to 140 in., but it steadily decreases towards the N . On the higher slopes of the sierras prehistoric terraces are found, evidently constructed to prevent the washing away of the See also:

• SOIL

soil by these heavy rains . More than See also:

• FORTY

forty See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers See also:

• CROSS

cross the state from the sierras to the coast, the following being navigable on their See also:

• LOWER

lower courses—Coatzacoalcos, San Juan, Tonto, Papaloapam, Tuxpam and Casones . Several of the lagoons on the coast are also navigable, that of Tamiahua on the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern coast, about See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo m. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, being connected with the See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• TAMPICO

Tampico by inland channels . There are several ports on the coast—Coatzacoalcos, See also:

• ALVARADO, PEDRO DE (1495-1541)

Alvarado, See also:

• VERA, AUGUSTO (1813-1885)

Vera Cruz, Nautla, Tecolutla and Tuxpam .

The products of the state are chiefly agricultural—See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• RUM
• RUM (according to Skeat, a corruption of Malay brum or bram; the adjective " rum," i.e. " queer," being a distinct word, in Gipsy rem)

rum, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco, See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee, cacao, See also:

• VANILLA

vanilla, See also:

• MAIZE, or INDIAN CORN

maize, beans and See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit . See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

Cattle-raising is followed in some districts, cattle and hides being among theexports . Among the See also:

• FOREST

forest products are See also:

• RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

rubber, See also:

• CABINET

cabinet See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods, dye-woods, See also:

• BROOM

broom-See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root, chicle, See also:

• JALAP

jalap and See also:

• ORCHIDS

orchids . Vera Cruz is one of the largest producers of sugar and rum in Mexico . There are a number of cotton factories (one of the largest in Mexico being at Orizaba), chiefly devoted to the making of coarse See also:

• CLOTH

cloth for the lower classes . Tobacco factories are also numerous . Other manufactures include See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, See also:

• CHOCOLATE

chocolate, See also:

• SOAP

soap and matches . There are four lines of railway converging at Vera Cruz, two of which cross the state by different routes to converge again at Mexico See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . Another, the See also:

• TEHUANTEPEC
• TEHUANTEPEC (from tecuani-tepec—" jaguar-hill ")

Tehuantepec See also:

• NATIONAL

National railway, crosses in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south, and is connected with Vera Cruz (city) by the Vera Cruz & Pacific See also:

• LINE

line, which traverses the state in a south-easterly direction . The See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital is See also:

• JALAPA, XALAPA, or HALAPA

Jalapa, and its See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal towns are Vera Cruz, Orizaba, See also:

• CORDOVA (Span. C6rdoba)
• CORDOVA (Span. Cordoba; Lat. Corduba)

Cordova and Coatzacoalcos .