“The Soldier’s Leap” _Frontispiece_ OPPOSITE PAGE Map of South America 1 Francisco Pizarro 38 Inca Burial Tower near Lake Titicaca 56 Cloisters of Dominican Monastery, Cuzco 56 Cathedral at Lima, built by Pizarro 76 Pizarro’s Palace, Lima—Now the Government Building 90 San Martín’s Passage of the Andes 126 Statue of Bolívar, in Lima 132 The City of Bahia 156 Botafogo Bay, Rio Harbor _between_ 162 _and_ 163 Bay and City of Rio de Janeiro 166 Avenue of Royal Palms, Rio Botanical Gardens 170 Avenida Central, Rio de Janeiro 170 Coffee Plantation, Brazil 184 Colón Theater, Buenos Aires 204 Federal Capitol, Buenos Aires 204 Jockey Club’s Grand Stand at Race Track 210 Prize Winners from “the Camp” 216 The Uspallata Pass 222 Iguazú Falls 226 Solis Theater, Montevideo 232 Cagancha Plaza, Montevideo 232 Government Palace, Asunción 242 View of Asunción and River Paraguay 242 Shrine of Our Lady of Capacabana 266 Town and Mountain of Potosí, Bolivia 266 Church of the Conservidas, La Paz 272 Old Spanish Residence, La Paz 272 Punta Arenas 312 Plaza Mayor, Lima 326 Scene on the Oroya Railway 330 Church of La Merced, Lima 350 Street Scene in Guayaquil 362 Condor of the Andes 362 Room in Old Palace at Quito 374 Overlooking Bogotá 386 A _Posada_ or Country Inn 392 Battlemented Wall, Cartagena 392 View of Maracaibo 404 A Coffee Plantation, Venezuela 414 [Illustration: SOUTH AMERICA] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _Through South America_