Peruvian antiquities, by Mariano Edward Rivero and John James von Tschudi. Translated into English from the original Spanish by Francis L. Hawks.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781425533274
Subjects: American history; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - General; History / United States / General
First sentence: AMONG all the sciences which are involved in the study of history, none exceeds in importance archaeology, or the knowledge of the monuments of antiquity; a science which, drawn by the industrious and ingenious labor of modern times from its chrysalis state, or that period of infant weakness common to all sciences, has proceeded to tear away the veil which covered past ages, synthetically to reconstruct the events of remote periods, and to supply the scarcity or total absence of chronicle and tradition.