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PERU
A LAND OF CONTRASTS BY MILLICENT TODD  With Illustrations from Photographs BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1914 Published, September, 1914 THE COLONIAL PRESS. H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.  In the Monastery of San Francisco, Lima CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I. IN THE DESERT I. ALONG SHORE II. DESERT QUALITY III. DESERT PERSPECTIVE IV. PICA, THE FLOWER OF THE SAND V. A CLASH OF CONTRASTS VI. PIRATES AND TREASURE FLEETS VII. BACKGROUNDS VIII. LIMA OF TWO ASPECTS IX. CONVENTS OPEN AND CLOSED X. ANOMALIES OF LIMA PART II. IN THE MOUNTAINS I. THE HIGH REGIONS II. A MEGALITHIC CITY AND A SACRED LAKE III. MYTHS AND MONUMENTS IV. THE INCA AND HIS EMPIRE V. SERVICE OF THE SUN-GOD VI. INDIANS AND LLAMAS PART III. IN THE JUNGLE I. A LAND OF ADVENTURE II. TOWARD THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY III. JUNGLE GLOOM AND JUNGLE SHEEN IV. ANIMALS OF DARKNESS AND LIGHT V. THE JUNGLE IN PARADOX CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY LIST
OF ILLUSTRATIONS
In
the Monastery of San Francisco, Lima
Seals of the Palominos Islands Sachacha, a Typical Village of Peru Pampa de los Huesos — the Field of Bones A Characteristic Peruvian Church Wolfenbüttel-Spanish Map, circa 1529 One of the first maps to show Pizarro's discoveries along the Peruvian coast. A View of Paita from the Miroir Oost Er West Indical, 1621 Grapes raised by the Barefoot Friars (los Descalzos), Lima A Franciscan Friar at Home, Lima Santa Rosa de Lima, from Het Wonder Leven van de H. Rosa, Brussel, 1668 A Glimpse of Old-Fashioned Lima A Trestle of the Highest Railway in the World, across the Infiernillo Alpacas on the Andean Puna A God of Tiahuanacu A Swinging Bridge near Jauja An Heir of the "Makers of Ruins" Indian Water Carrier, Sicuani In the Market, Plaza Principal, Cuzco A Market in Huancayo In a Fertile Valley of the Uplands An Indian Pastoral Llamas at the Falls of Morococha In the Valley of the Perené A Sloth, from the Historiae Reruns Naturalism Brasiliae, Amsterdam, 1648
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