silver-mountains

Updated: May 12, 2025

The peaks of Orizaba and Perote were conspicuous to the east; to the north lay the silver-mountains of Pachuca; and to the south-west a darker shade of green indicated the forests and plantations of the tierra caliente, below Cuernavaca.

Edward Burnett Tylor - Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern