A Tour Through South AmericaForrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)
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A Tour Through South America
Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)
South America -- Description and travel
Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Ayres, 168
Politics in Colombia, 119
Poncho, the, 186
Portobello, 37, 38
Portuguese, 252, 254
“ houses, 300
Posadas, 214
Prado, Antonio, 330
Puno, 151
Q
Quito, 127
R
Railways of Peru, 144
Resources of Peru, 137
Revolutions in Colombia, 119
“ in Ecuador, 130
“ in Paraguay, 245
“ in Rio, 280-281
Rhea, the, 181, 182
Rio Branco, Baron de, 272
Rio de Janeiro, 254, 328
“ “ harbour, 263, 265
River Plate, 220
Rocafuerte, 129
Rogas, Liberado M., 247
Roosevelt, Theodore, 59, 95, 103
Rosario, 170, 171
Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company, 75, 295, 299
Rural Society, Argentina, 206
S
Saavedra, Angel, 72
Saladero, the, 186, 198, 199, 200
Salto, 210, 213
San Lorenzo, 40
San Martin, General, 128, 160, 177, 178, 212, 217
San Miguel, Gulf of, 28
Santa Cruz (Rio), 278
Santa Maria de la Antigua del Darien, 18
São Paulo, 254, 262, 267, 299-318
“ “ Early history, 302, 328
“ “ Light and Power Company, 319
São Paulo Railway, 317
“ “ Theatre, 309
Savana, river, 78
Selfridge, Commander, 79
Serra do Mar, 301
Sharp’s Map, 220
Shipbuilding in Brazil, 283
Slave Trade, 34, 251.
Swiss colony in Brazil, 288
Sun worshippers, 139
T
Tacna, 145
Tarapaca, 145
Tehuantepec route, 76, 80
Temple of the Sun, 151
Tieté, river, 300, 322
Tijuca, 276
Ticlio, 144
Titicaca, lake, 151, 156, 157
Tobago, 59
Tortuga, 34, 35, 47
Tumbez, 138, 140
Trans-Andean Railway, 178
U
Uruguay, 199, 200, 208, 246
V
Valdivia, 162
Valparaiso, 157, 158
Venezuela, 117
Vernon, Admiral, 121
Vespucci, Amerigo, 253
Vianna, island, 278
Villetta, 224, 248
Vina do Mar, 160
W
Wentworth, General, 121
Wheelwright’s survey for Canal, 75
Y
Yellow fever, 124
Yerba (maté), 186, 192, 193, 194, 232
Ypiranga, 306
WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD.,
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California: An Englishman’s Impression of the Golden State.
By A. T. JOHNSON. With many illustrations. Demy 8vo, cloth gilt,
10s. 6d. net.
Mr. Johnson declares that California is a land “where wealth accumulates
and men decay.” He notes the Californian’s egoism and distrust, and,
without dwelling on the history or politics of the State, gives a record
of observations of the simple and everyday things of life in the Far
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By EDITH A. BROWNE, Author of “Peeps at Greece and Spain,” etc.
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