The Boy Travellers in Mexico

Thomas Wallace Knox (1835 - 1896)

An engaging travelogue published in 1890, written conversationally among two youths and their guide and mentor. From the preface: "a book describing the land of the Aztecs, its history and resources, the manners and customs of its people, and the many curious things to be seen, and adventures passed through, in a journey from one end of that country to the other." Subtitle: Adventures of Two youths in a Journey to Northern and Central Mexico, Campeachey, and Yucatan, with a Description of the Republics of Central America and of the Nicaragua Canal. This is from The Boy Travellers series by Thomas W. Knox. (Summary by S Caulkins)

Genre(s): Travel Fiction, Action & Adventure

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Lynette Caulkins
00:04:43
Play 01 Chapter I - To Mexico by Rail. Battle of San Jacinto. Old Texas and Modern Changes. Arrival on the Frontier of Mexico. Lynette Caulkins
00:24:45
Play 02 Chapter II - Laredo. The Rio Grande. Mexican Tariffs. Adobe Houses. Mesa de los Cartujanos. Nuevo Leon. Monterey. Ryan Lohner
00:22:41
Play 03 Chapter III - The American Invasion of To-day. Monterey. Short History of the Mexican War. In a Monterey House. Mario Pineda
00:24:10
Play 04 Chapter IV - Santa Caterina. Sierra Madre. Saltillo. The Alameda. Buena Vista. Mario Pineda
00:26:12
Play 05 Chapter V - Brigandage. Chihuahua. Santa Eulalia Mines. Torreon and Lerdo. Fresnillo. Calera. Zacatecas. Mario Pineda
00:25:21
Play 06 Chapter VI - Zacatecas. Mines of Zacatecas. Farming in Mexico. Aguas Calientes. Women. Richard Stibbard
00:24:36
Play 07 Chapter VII - Barrancas. Lagos. Leon. Silao. Guanajuato. Market Scenes. Education. BettyB
00:23:31
Play 08 Chapter VIII - Aqueduct. Hill of the Bells. Revolutions in Mexico. Foreign Intervention. Juarez. Religion. Reform. Martyrs. Richard Stibbard
00:25:03
Play 09 Chapter IX - Cazadero. Tula. Mexico City. The Mantilla. Lotteries. Richard Stibbard
00:24:53
Play 10 Chapter X - The Cathedral. Teocalli. Iturbide. Calendar-stone. Aztecs. Richard Stibbard
00:24:51
Play 11 Chapter XI - Lost Arts. Music. Antiquities. Aztec Warfare and Domestic Life. National Palace. Monte de Piedad. BettyB
00:25:12
Play 12 Chapter XII - Mexican Politeness. Governor of Acapulco. Great Market. Chinampas, or Floating Gardens. Santa Anita. Festival of Fire. Adrian Wilson
00:26:35
Play 13 Chapter XIII - Courtship. Marriage Ceremony. Funerals. Diseases. Domestic Servants. BettyB
00:23:34
Play 14 Chapter XIV - Fine Arts. Pulquerias. Police-courts. Belem Prison. Running the Gantlet. BettyB
00:24:19
Play 15 Chapter XV - Chapultepec. The Palace. National Military College. Capture of Vera Cruz. Fall of Chapultepec. BettyB
00:25:56
Play 16 Chapter XVI - Noche Triste Tree. Conquest of Mexico. Expulsion of the Spaniards. Rule of Viceroys. The Church. Adrian Wilson
00:23:23
Play 17 Chapter XVII - Mexico’s Population. President Juarez. Leperos and Brigands. Inquisition. Auto-da-fé. BettyB
00:23:40
Play 18 Chapter XVIII - Popocatepetl. Amecameca. Tlamacas. Las Cruz. The Pico del Fraile. Lucretia B.
00:33:46
Play 19 Chapter XIX - Popocatepetl. Amecameca. Monte Sacro. A Ratero. Lucretia B.
00:32:14
Play 20 Chapter XX - Cargadores. Public Schools. Theatres and Hospitals. Bull-fighting. Processions. Ceremonials and Amusements. Adrian Wilson
00:25:36
Play 21 Chapter XXI - Ancient City of the Toltecs. Morelos. Cuautla. Tierra Caliente. Yautepec and Cuernavaca. Mario Pineda
00:26:49
Play 22 Chapter XXII - Acapulco. Guadalajara. Hidalgo and the Spaniards. Señor Perez. Rodeo. BettyB
00:25:23
Play 23 Chapter XXIII - President Diaz. Army and Navy of Mexico. Postal Service. Publications. Apizaco. Puebla. Cinco de Mayo. BettyB
00:28:29
Play 24 Chapter XXIV - Puebla. Cholula. Great Pyramid. Tlascala. Apizaco. J. Thurgood
00:22:22
Play 25 Chapter XXV - The Cumbres. Maltrata. Tierra Templada. Orizaba. Rincon Grande, Cerro del Borrego. Cordoba. Tierra Caliente. Vera Cruz. CBinns
00:24:20
Play 26 Chapter XXVI - Vera Cruz. Governor's Palace. San Juan de Ulloa. Mexican Prison. Jalapa. Cerro Gordo. Orizaba and Perote. Tampico. CBinns
00:23:06
Play 27 Chapter XXVII - Tehuantepec. Mahogany Trade. Palenque. Lorillard City. Remains of Mitla. Pillar of Death. Mario Pineda
00:23:55
Play 28 Chapter XXVIII - The Mysterious City. Don Pedro Velasquez. Carmen and Campeachy. Underground Caves. The Quezal. The Yucatan. Adrian Wilson
00:25:55
Play 29 Chapter XXIX - Merida. The Calesa. Indians, Spaniards, and Mestizos. Characteristics of the Maya Race. Euchre or Yucca. Danny Hamilton
00:27:53
Play 30 Chapter XXX - Markets. Balls. Characteristic Indian Dances. Worship of the Sun. The Volan Coché. How the Owners of Estates Live. BettyB
00:25:40
Play 31 Chapter XXXI - A Cenoté. A Subterranean Bath-house. A Noria. Native Superstitions. Uxmal. A Heetzmek. Uayalké. BettyB
00:23:29
Play 32 Chapter XXXII - Legends. A Royal Palace. Maya Arches. Garapatas. An Ancient Watering-Place. Mario Pineda
00:23:04
Play 33 Chapter XXXIII - Archæology. Mayapan. Aké. Kabah. Chichen-itza. Other Ruined Cities. BettyB
00:24:15
Play 34 Chapter XXXIV - Central America. Costa Rica. Tegucigalpa. Yuscaran. Farewell. Lynette Caulkins
00:35:39