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Excerpt from Lower California: Its Geography and Characteristics, With a Sketch of the Grant and Purposes of the Lower California Company It is the object of this pamphlet to call attention to that remarkable portion of the Pacific coast which adjoins the United States upon its south-western border, and which is known to the world as the peninsula of Lower California. It is also its object to inform the public that the bulk of that peninsula, including its harbors, fisheries, and mines, has been acquired, under concession or grant from the Mexican Government, by certain American citizens, who have organized themselves in New York, under the title of the Lower California Company. And it is finally its object, after a brief glance at the geographical position and natural capacities of the peninsula, to explain the character of that grant, and the powers and purposes of the Company. In doing this, care will be taken that no exaggerations shall be made, and that such obvious facts alone be stated, as shall be due to the case and to the standing of the Company. The geographical importance of Lower California will at once be seen by reference to the map. Springing boldly from the main land at 32 North latitude, it juts downward into the Pacific to the distance of six hundred miles, with an outer and inner line of lofty coast, abounding in grand harbors, and sentinelled by numerous islands. 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.