Identifier: cu31924031266863 (find matches)
Title: Commercial geography : a book for high schools, commercial courses, and business colleges
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw), 1849-1942
Subjects: Commercial geography
Publisher: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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s. Variousattempts to transfer the Danish islands to the UnitedStates have failed. They are admirably adapted for navalstations. The island of Haiti consists of two negro repub-lics, Haiti and San Domingo. The only important productis coffee. Most of the product is shipped to the UnitedStates, which supplies coal oil and textiles in return. QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION What part of the United States was formerly a possession ofMexico, and how did it become a possession of the United States ? rrom a cyclopedia learn the character of the political organ-ization of Mexico and the Central American states. From the report listed below iind what commercial routesgain, and what ones lose in distance by the Nicaragua, as com-pared with the Panama canal. From a good atlas make a list of the islands of the WestIndies ; name the country to which each belongs, and its ex-ports to the United States. FOR COLLATERAL READING AND REFERENCE The Statesmans Year-Book. Great Canals of the World-pp. 4058-4059.
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CHAPTEE XXIII SOUTH AMERICA—THE ANDEAN STATES In its general surface features South America resemblesNorth America—that is, a central plain is bordered by lowranges on the east and by a high mountain system on thewest. In the southern part, midsummer is in January andmidwinter iu July. The mineral-producing states aretraversed by the ranges of the Andes and all of them ex-cept Chile are situated on both slopes of the mountains. Colombia.—This republic borders both the CaribbeanSea and the Pacific Ocean. One port excepted, however,most of its commerce is confined to the shores of the Carib-bean Sea. The lowlands east of the Andes are admirablyadapted for grazing, and such cattle products as hides^horns, and tallow are articles of export. This region, how-ever, even with the present facilities for transportation,produces only a small fraction of the products possible. The intermontane valleys between the Andean rangeshave the climate of the temperate zone; wheat and sheepare produ

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