Peru: Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Peru: Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas

Mr. Prescott on the Inca Monuments - Influence of his Words - The Author's Aspi rations and Purposes - Threatened with Blindness. - Appointed United States Commissioner to Perm - Restoration to-sight. - Commencement of Explorations. - Extent of the Region explored - Plans, Drawings, and Photographs - Value of the Material secured - General Survey of the Inca Empire - Its Boundaries. Physical Characteristics - Lake and River Systems - Mountain Ranges - The Coast Desert. - Fertile Valleys - The Inhabitants of the Valleys - The Cordillera.

The Despoblado. - Distinction between the Cordillera and the Andes - The Basin of Titicaca. - Only two other Similar Basins in America - Lake Aullagas. Lake Titicaca. - Its Sacred Islands - The Bolsones, or Valleys. - The Bolson of Cuzco. - The Montana - The Incas and the Peoples of the montafia.-probable Population of the Inca Empire - Divisions of the Ancient Inhabitants of Peru.

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