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1895 - Mexico

Mex'ico, THE REPUBLIC or (Sp., Mexico, Megico, or Mejico, meh'He-ko; Fr. Mexique, mex'eek'; It. Mesico, ma'se-ko), formerly called New Spain, a country in the southern part of North America, extending from lat. 15° 58' to 33° 5' N., and from Cape Catoche, in Yucatan, lon. 87° 46'W., to lon. 117°5' W. Where not confined by the sea, it is bounded on the S. by Guatemala, and on the N. and N.E. by the United States. The Rio Grande separates it from Texas on the N.E. The general contour of the country is very irregular. The distance between the point of junction with the United States, on the Pacific coast, and Cape Catoche, in the Caribbean Sea, is about 1925 miles. The greatest breadth is between the most eastern and western parts on the United States boundary, where the distance from the Gulf shore to the Pacific does not vary much from 1500 miles. Within its limits is included the peninsula of California, extending into the Pacific about 700 miles, with a breadth varying from 30 to 150 miles, and separated from the mainland by the Gulf of California...

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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