Libro Azul De Colombia (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Libro Azul De Colombia<br><br>All the governments of America have paid great atten tion to the publication of books fully describing the history geography commerce natural wealth ways of transporta tion etc. as well as the progress made by their respective countries in order to present to the world and leave to posterity a faithful account of the degree of civilization they have attained.<br><br>The present blue book OF colombia relating to the richest and most beautiful of all spanish-american coun tries offers to foreigners as well as to Colombians a fairly comprehensive resumé of the past present and future of that favored republic. The aim of the authors has been to impart exact reliable knowledge of what the republic of Colombia really is and for this purpose they have inserted in these pages many worthy writings of her leading men of letters'' historians and geographers.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.