Honduras, the New Eldorado

Excerpt from Honduras, the New Eldorado: Something of the Wonderful Wealth, Vast Natural Resources and Unequaled Opportunities of the Sunny Southern Republic of Honduras; An Authoritative Handbook on Its Romantic History, Marvelous Resources and Brilliant Prospects So long as the mineral resources of our country remained unexploited, the cry of the seeker after wealth and opportunity was ever Westward Ho! But many years have now elapsed since the advance-guard of civilization swept Westward to the Rockies, past the great Continental Divide and on to the shores of the blue Pacific. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.