Mexico and central amerika. Central amerika

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To the beginning of XIX century Central America, as well as Mexico, was far not completely investigated area and, short of several small expeditions to separate pieces of coast, continued to remain in neglect from geographers still half a century. As a turning-point John Stevens's travel whose ' Episodes from travel across Central America, CHiapasu and to Yucatan ' have drawn attention to an abundance of archaeological monuments, only and waiting researchers have served. ' the Gold fever ' in California also promoted development of research of Central America as Central America has temporarily turned to a tranzitno-reloading point for those who went on the western coast USA and as there was a question on the good message through this part of America. This problem for which permission the Bolivar took steps in 1825 and which ten years has forced Bidla to make travel to Panama later, has got now urgent character. In 1855 the first transcontinental railway in New Light-Panama has been opened.

A lot of a valuable new material of a distance of expedition of scientific experts in other areas of knowledge. In particular thereupon it is necessary to mention archaeological and geological work Skvira in Nicaragua (1848-1851), Wagner's biological researches and SHertsera in Costa Rica in 1854 and shootings Kodatstsi (1854) on isthmus CHiriki. In 1853 other shootings which have formed a basis for made Skvirom of a card of Honduras and El Salvador have been made also. One line of shooting lay from Puerto Cortes on the south to Fonseca bay, another went from Leon to Nicaragua to Tegucigalpa and Komajagua and the third lasted from Komajagua on the West to Santa-dew, on the south-to to San Salvador and, at last, on the east to La-Union in Fonseca bay.