Excerpt from Incaland: A Story of Adventure in the Interior of Peru; And the Closing Chapters of the War With Chile Since the years of the chile-peruvian War 1879 - 1883 - a great change has come over the land where the Incas once held power. Military rulers have yielded place to men chosen from the civil walks of life; the large standing army has been disbanded, and the pick, hoe, and shovel replace sword, bayonet, and rifle. Peru's decline, from the days of Pizarro until near the close of the nineteenth century, ...
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Excerpt from Incaland: A Story of Adventure in the Interior of Peru; And the Closing Chapters of the War With Chile Since the years of the chile-peruvian War 1879 - 1883 - a great change has come over the land where the Incas once held power. Military rulers have yielded place to men chosen from the civil walks of life; the large standing army has been disbanded, and the pick, hoe, and shovel replace sword, bayonet, and rifle. Peru's decline, from the days of Pizarro until near the close of the nineteenth century, was due to the ease with which natural wealth could be acquired. The stages of the nation's fall are marked by gold, guano, and nitrate of soda. Spaniards lived in opulence while Indian slaves unearthed the yellow metal. Later, Peruvians lived in idleness while coolies and peons shovelled the most productive of all fertilizers from the surface of the Chincha and Lobos Islands. Then in the south was found an equally rich and equally accessible source of reve nue in the nitrate of soda. All gold that lay in sight was exhausted by the Spaniard; all guano was stripped from the treasure islands; and finally, Chile wrested from Peru the nitrate provinces. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Some Cover Wear. Bumped & 3 worn corners Top & bottom of spine show a bit of wear. Upper front cover has a bend near corner. An area with rubbing near front edge. Some soiling/ water spots to cover. Rubbed edges. No jacket.
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Fair. Boards have some soiling and damp staining. Binding slightly cocked and edge of text block is soiled. Interior also has some very light moisture damage along fore edge. Christmas gift inscription from 1909 but otherwise an unmarked interior.
