A Short Description of the Republic of Chile

Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1901. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. No jacket. Boards slightly bowed, page ridges lightly foxed. 1901 Hard Cover. 103 pp. Green boards with black title on front board. With a map and 37 engraved illustrations. According to official data. Topics include situations, boundaries, divisions, population, historical survey, under Spanish rule, the revolution, independence, the republic, government, political laws, public education, army and navy, climate, colonies, immigration, commerce, import and export, railways, post and telegraph, animal kingdom, cattle breeding, plant-kingdom, agriculture, mountains, water supply, minerals, mining-laws, financial situation, income and expenses of the state, saltpetre industry, existing and possible future industries, customs-laws, Chilian patagonia, agriculture and irrigation, exploitation of the woods and colonisation.