Regional Geography
' South-East Coastlands and High
Basins of Mexico '
0. Schmieder, Ph.D.
This morning Professor Schmieder is to take you in imagination from Jamaica (where you finished your Voyage last week) through the Yucatan Strait and down the Gulf of Mexico to Vera Cruz. In exploring Mexico with him you will learn quite a lot of history and get a vivid idea of Mexico as it was before it was conquered by the Spaniards, and as it is today.
You will accompany him on the twelve-hour train journey to Mexico City, visualise the tropical forests on both sides of the line, and learn something of the climate and background of the country. Then a visit with Professor Schmieder to a typical Mexican village-one in which he lived for several months ; a village of one-roomed houses and no beds ; and you will learn the reason why.
Professor Schmieder, who occupies the chair at the University of Kiel is an authority on Mexico, where he has lived and worked for a considerable time.