Excerpt from Travels in Peru: During the Years 1838-1842, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, Into the Primeval Forests
Lima, the oldest and most interesting of the cities founded by the Spaniards on the western coast of South America, has been frequently described but no previous writer has painted so animated a picture of the city and its inhabitants, as that contained in the following volume. After quitting t...
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