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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt:...feature is common to Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia? 2. How many mountain peaks, named on this map, are higher than any in North America (Fig. 1)? 3. Which of these countries has the greatest railroad mileage? 4. Where on this map do two great river systems join? Arrows are used to show the direction of the flow of water here. Prospect of their meeting our hopes in regard to trade.--Any nation must be reasonably prosperous to buy or sell extensively. How prosperous, then, are these countries? And what is their prospect for growth? They are as unfavorably located in latitude as the AmaHowthey zon Basin. Note largely escape where the equator the handicap of the Amazon crosses Ecuador; Basin vet owjng to their altitude they largely escape the extreme heat of the Amazon Basin. Along most of the coast from eastern Venezuela to southern Peru there is a low plain varying from a few miles to several hundred in width. The temperature there is high. But in most sections one soon begins to ascend on going inland, and a large part of these countries is a plateau varying from 9,000 to 14,000 feet in altitude. In Fig. 265 note the area over 10,000 feet. Several of the mountain peaks, as noted above, are higher than any in North America. On account of the high altitude the temperatures on this plateau are similar to those of Mexico City (Figs. 12 and 254). Even though the sun is so nearly overhead (Fig. 236), there is perpetual spring, a most delightful climate. On that account most of the inhabitants, particularly the whites, live on the highlands (Fig. 253). The snow line is about 16,000 feet, or more than three miles, above sea level. This is a very great altitude; and the va-riety of temperature conditions variety of below such an elevation permits c...