Mexico in den ereignißvollen Jahren 1832 und 1833 by Carl Christian Becher
"Mexico in den ereignißvollen Jahren 1832 und 1833" by Carl Christian Becher is a travel narrative and historical account written in the early 19th century. Drawing on the author’s private letters, it portrays a voyage to Mexico and back during a turbulent political moment, supplemented by an appendix of official reports and commercial-statistical notes. The focus is on travel conditions, port life, social customs, and the politics and trade of the young
Mexican republic as observed by a German commercial envoy. The opening of the work presents editorial notes, a formal dedication, and a preface explaining that the text compiles personal correspondence to sketch contemporary Mexico, followed by a detailed contents list of letters from departure to return. The first letters trace the journey from the Rhine through Paris and Bordeaux, including a brief encounter with Humboldt, and then life aboard the Esteva: crossing into the tropics, a sailors’ mock “baptism,” and the monotony of the sea. A short landing at St. Nicholas, Haiti provides vivid observations of soldiers, markets, mixed populations, homes, flora, and even a remnant German colony. Back at sea, the narrator recounts a tense brush with suspected pirates, the sight of Orizaba, storms, and finally arrival off Veracruz, where a cholera quarantine delays disembarkation. Once ashore he sketches the Norte winds, the fortress-dominated harbor, the city’s layout and markets, and the seasonal peril of the vomito, closing as he prepares to head inland just as signs of political unrest appear. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Read or download for free
For an overview of the different reading options, see our Reading Guide
| Reading Options | Url | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read now! | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77872.html.images | 661 kB | |||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77872.epub3.images | 1.5 MB | |||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77872.epub.images | 1.5 MB | |||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77872.epub.noimages | 365 kB | |||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77872.kf8.images | 1.6 MB | |||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77872.kindle.images | 1.6 MB | |||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77872.txt.utf-8 | 507 kB | |||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77872/pg77872-h.zip | 3.2 MB | |||
| There may be more files related to this item. | |||||
Similar Books
About this eBook
| Author | Becher, Carl Christian, 1770-1836 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 02004768 |
| Title | Mexico in den ereignißvollen Jahren 1832 und 1833 |
| Alternate Title | Mexico in den ereignissvollen Jahren 1832 und 1833 |
| Original Publication | Hamburg: Perthes & Besser, 1834. |
| Credits | Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | F1201: North America local history: Mexico |
| Subject | Mexico -- Description and travel |
| Subject | Mexico -- History -- 1821-1861 |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77872 |
| Release Date | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 250 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |