Peru: a land of contrast

John Stuart Mill · en
Ricardo Palma’s _Revista de Lima_ and Carlos Romero’s _Revista
Histórica de Lima_, Manuel A. Fuentes’ _Estadística General de Lima_,
published in Paris in English as _Lima_ in 1866, give interesting
information in regard to that city.

When it comes to the Amazonian wonderland no exaggeration could compete
with fact. But I have not withstood the temptation wholly on that
account! There is Louis Agassiz’ _A Journey in Brazil_, H. W. Bates’ _A
Naturalist on the River Amazon_, two books by Alfred Russel Wallace,
_Tropical Nature_ and _Life on the Amazon_, Raimondi’s _El Departemento
de Loreto_ as well as his _El Peru_, Robert Southey’s _History of
Brazil_, and the publications of the _Sociedad Geográfica de Lima_.

I am happy to acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. Wilberforce Eames
of the New York Public Library for access to its _Americana_; to Dr.
Martin and to Dr. Stevenson of the _Hispanic Society of America_; to
Mr. C. L. Chester for many of my pictures; to Dr. F. S. Archenhold,
Director of the Treptow _Sternwarte_ at Berlin for the freedom of his
library, where I found most of the German works consulted, and to Don
Ricardo Palma, former Librarian of the _Biblioteca Nacional de Lima_,
for permission to inspect many of his rare books and manuscripts.




INDEX


_Achachibas_ (piles of stones), 222.

Acllahuasi (convent of Sun-Virgins), 207.

Acosta, 48, 80, 174, 179, 226, 229, 242, 280, 303.

Agassiz, L., 5, 304.

Aguarunas, 289, 291, 292.

Alameda (Lima), 106, 107;
  (La Paz), 163.

Almagro, Diego de, 73, 89.

Alpacas, 54, 157, 226.
  _See_ llamas, huanacus, vicuñas.

Amahuacas, 290.

_Amautas_ (wise men), _See_ Incas.

Amazon, 5, 6, 10, 123, 124, 141, 233, 236, 237, 245-248, 304.
  _See_ jungle.

Amazons, 236-237.

Amiel, 61.

Andalusia, New, 84.

Andes, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 30, 36, 43, 53,
       59, 60, 123, 134, 175, 247, 248, 301, 302;
  animals of, 155-158;
  birds of, 168;
  dangers of, 147-149;
  description of, 143-148;
  lakes of, 166-167;
  light in, 149-150;
  mines of, 152-154;
  storm in, 150-151;
  valleys of, 165, 240-246, 265.
  _See_ condor, cordillera, Incas, Indians, mines, _puna_, valleys.

_Andenes_ (terraces), 183.

Antarctic, _See_ ocean, Pacific.

Ant-eater, 56, 263, 272.

Antis, 197.

Aqueducts, _See_ irrigation.

Argentina, 121.

Arianza, Juan de, 92.

Arica, 78.

Armada, 91.

Armadillo, 263, 272.

Armatambo, 104.

Atahualpa, 67, 69-71, 77, 136, 188, 215.

Atlantic, _See_ ocean.

_Auto de fe_, _See_ Inquisition.

Aztlan, 113.


Badeor, Federico, 79.

Balboa, 40, 300, 301.

_Balsa_ (boat of reeds), 41, 48, 168, 234.

Bandelier, A. F., 234, 299.

Bats, 47, 243, 273.

Betanzos, 176.

Bezoar stone, 225.

Bingham, Hiram, 161, 299.

Bolivia, 265.
  _See_ Tiahuanacu.

Borax, 32.

Bougainvillea, 35, 57, 59, 125.

Boussingault, 251.

Brazil, 229, 304.

Brehm, 264, 281, 304.

Bridges, swinging, 123, 165, 185.

Brittany, 81, 164, 265.

Buccaneers, 81, 236.
  _See_ El Dorado, freebooters, pirates.

Buenos Aires, 85.