William Alfred Reid
Published: 2018-02-19
Total Pages: 76
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Excerpt from Bolivia, the Heart of a Continent: A Few Facts About the Country and Its Activities Neighboring nations also appear to have recognized the fact that their own progress is closely linked with that of Bolivia, for practically all of them have built railroads to connect with those of the Bolivian republic. Argentina has constructed northward to the Bolivian border; two Chilean roads climb the Andes to Bolivia's frontier; a leading Peru vian road leads to the border lake, Titicaca; while Brazil has steadily pushed the iron rails from the Atlantic westward for hundreds of miles almost to Bolivia's eastern boundary, the Paraguay River. Com merce is calling for an extension of the latter road to Santa Cruz in Bolivia, the proposed route lying through an almost virgin region, but comprising lands known to be highly productive. Again, Bolivia con templates extending the railway from Cochabamba to Santa Cruz; the consummation of the two enterprises would, therefore, complete rail connection from the Atlantic to the 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.