
Cuzco and Lima
A Journey to the Ancient Capital of Peru, and a Visit to the Capital and Provinces of Modern Peru
Clements R. Markham(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 13. November 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
444 pages
978-1-108-07878-8 (ISBN)
Description
Clements R. Markham (1830-1916) began his career in the Royal Navy, sailing to South America, learning Spanish, and participating in the Arctic search for Sir John Franklin. In 1852, determined to succeed as an explorer and geographer, he travelled to Peru and visited the site of the ancient city of Cuzco, previously little known in Europe. Published in 1856, this is Markham's lively account of his travels. In his description of arriving in Panama we see a picture of the mid-nineteenth-century eagerness to explore (or exploit) Latin America. Markham's stay in Cuzco allowed him ample time to study the ruins and research the lost Inca civilisation, and also gave him his introduction to the properties of the cinchona plant, a source of quinine, which he later returned to collect and introduce to India, as described in his 1862 Travels in Peru and India (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection).
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
8 Plates, color; 1 Maps
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
622 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-07878-8 (9781108078788)
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Content
1. Introductory; 2. Journey to Cuzco: the coast; 3. Journey to Cuzco: the sierra; 4. Cuzco and the Incas; 5. Cuzco and the Incas (cont.); 6. Quichua: the language and literature of the Incas; 7. Inca Indians: their past and present condition; 8. The montana of Peru; 9. Lima: the Spanish viceroys; 10. Lima: the Peruvian Republic; 11. Lima: the modern literature of Peru, and state of society; Appendices; Index.