Cuzco. A Journey to the Ancient Capital of Peru
Subtitle: With an Account of the History, Language, Literature, and Antiquities of the Incas. And Lima
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: January 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9781402187513
Subjects: Cuzco,capital,Peru,history,language,literature,antiquities,Incas,Lima,Markham,Quechua language,Inca Indians; History / Latin America; Travel / Africa
First sentence: THERE are few more attractive periods of history, than that which treats of the adventures of the lawless conquerors of the New World, who shattered at a blow the fabrics of stately empires, and so utterly prostrated the once thriving civilised communities of Peru, Mexico, and Bogota, that a century after the arrival of the Spaniards, scarce a vestige of them remained.