ISBN: 9780217873703

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 illustra… More...

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.1906 Excerpt: ... Spain and Her People i From Algeciras to Grenada Spain is a vast museum of art and history. Many of her once prosperous cities seem to be going into decay, and numerous towns are slumbering, and show little signs of awakening. There are some notable exceptions, as in the case of Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, and a few rapidly growing cities, due to the development of local mines. From a population of 70,000,000 in the days of the Emperor Augustus, Spain has dwindled to barely 18,000,000. Once she occupied the first place among the nations of Europe in power, wealth and culture, but now she has fallen to a third rate power and has been called the most beggarly country in Europe, while seventy per cent of her people can neither read nor write. Once her dominion extended far beyond the Peninsula of Spain and within a century claimed the whole of South America, with the exception of Brazil, whilst Central America, Mexico and vast portions of the United States belonged to Spain, as well as Cuba and other West Indian Islands, and the far off group of the Philippines. She has lost this vast territory and possesses little beside her own particular country of Spain. Spain alone is responsible for the loss of the colonies that rebelled because of her corrupt abuse of government, which caused deterioration and left her colonial dependencies several centuries behind the world''s progress. There is much in Spain to fascinate the ordinary traveler, but especially the student of art and history, for here are traces of the march of centuries, when Carthaginians, Eomans, Goths and Moors in turn invaded the country, and though we may miss the surviving traces of Hannibal, we may easily follow in the track of Scipio Africanus and Julius Caesar. We are ever connecting the past wi... Jeremiah Zimmerman, Books, Travel, Spain and her people Books>Travel The book may have numerous typos or missing text. It is not illustrated or indexed. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website. You can also preview the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a trial membership in the publisher's book club where they can select from more than a million books for free. Original Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin Publication date: 1906 Subjects: Spain; History / Europe / Spain<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 180 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=10mm, Gew.=272gr, [GR: 23600 - TB/Reiseberichte/Reiseerzählungen],… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 180 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=10mm, Gew.=272gr, [GR: 23600 - TB/Reiseberichte/Reiseerzählungen], [SW: - Travel - General], Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Cordova The railroad station is a short distance from the city, and we found several carriages and a hotel omnibus waiting for the passengers. The old Moorish wall that surrounds Cordova is a picturesque though .crumbling ruin; a witness to the departed glory. We enter the attractive gateway, and then suffer the affliction of her wretchedly paved streets, for Cordova has the distinction of having been the first city of Europe to have paved streets. That was many years ago, and if they have never been paved since, that fact may account for their present condition. Never before had we ridden over such rough streets, and we attributed it in part to the omnibus, sadly regretting our choice of this heavy vehicle, and resolving that we would not return in it. As soon as we reached the hotel, we engaged a carriage to see the sights and congratulated ourselves that we had escaped the worst, but to our dismay the worst was yet to come, for the light vehicle bounded up and down over the rough and uneven cobble stone pavement, and we were jolted and thrown from side to side, so that the exercise became painful and almost beyond a endurance. At times we tried to suspend ourselves between the two seats, but that was a dreadful state of suspense, so we hoped that soon the driver might find a better street. How we wished for an asphalt or brick pavement, or a country mud road,?anything but the dreadful streets of Cordova; for the suffering was suggestive of the tortures of the Inquisition, and it was a great relief to stop for a time in the Plaza Major, and then in memory and imagination go back to the good old days of the past and picture the horrible scenes that the vast majority once witnessed here with delight, as they do a bloody bull-fight to-day, when the autos da fe was so popul...<

ISBN: 9780217873703

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 illustra… More...

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.1906 Excerpt: ... Spain and Her People i From Algeciras to Grenada Spain is a vast museum of art and history. Many of her once prosperous cities seem to be going into decay, and numerous towns are slumbering, and show little signs of awakening. There are some notable exceptions, as in the case of Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, and a few rapidly growing cities, due to the development of local mines. From a population of 70,000,000 in the days of the Emperor Augustus, Spain has dwindled to barely 18,000,000. Once she occupied the first place among the nations of Europe in power, wealth and culture, but now she has fallen to a third rate power and has been called the most beggarly country in Europe, while seventy per cent of her people can neither read nor write. Once her dominion extended far beyond the Peninsula of Spain and within a century claimed the whole of South America, with the exception of Brazil, whilst Central America, Mexico and vast portions of the United States belonged to Spain, as well as Cuba and other West Indian Islands, and the far off group of the Philippines. She has lost this vast territory and possesses little beside her own particular country of Spain. Spain alone is responsible for the loss of the colonies that rebelled because of her corrupt abuse of government, which caused deterioration and left her colonial dependencies several centuries behind the world''s progress. There is much in Spain to fascinate the ordinary traveler, but especially the student of art and history, for here are traces of the march of centuries, when Carthaginians, Eomans, Goths and Moors in turn invaded the country, and though we may miss the surviving traces of Hannibal, we may easily follow in the track of Scipio Africanus and Julius Caesar. We are ever connecting the past wi... Jeremiah Zimmerman, Books, Travel, Spain and her people Books>Travel, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9780217873703

This early works on Spain and her people is a fascinating look at Spanish Life and will appeal greatly to any one interested in the country. Including chapters The Spanish Inquisition and… More...

This early works on Spain and her people is a fascinating look at Spanish Life and will appeal greatly to any one interested in the country. Including chapters The Spanish Inquisition and The Future of Spain plus many more. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Books Travel & Travel Guides~~Essays & Travelogues Spain-And-Her-People~~Jeremiah-Zimmerman General Books LLC The book may have numerous typos or missing text. It is not illustrated or indexed. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website. You can also preview the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a trial membership in the publisher's book club where they can select from more than a million books for free. Original Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin Publication date: 1906 Subjects: Spain; History / Europe / Spain<