Aquella inexplorada region de San Carlos

Abstract

Because of its historical, geographical, biological and agronomic value, the document Report of a trip to the San Carlos River is transcribed here; it was published in La Gaceta, the official Costa Rican newspaper, in May, 1892. It was written by David J. Guzmán, a Salvadorean expert hired by the Costa Rican government as the national coordinator for the World´s Columbian Exposition, which took place in Chicago in 1893. In addition to interpreting several aspects of its contents through notes, such document is complemented with information about the first explorers who either visited or studied the San Carlos region, in Alajuela, Costa Rica.