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Preface | vii |
Introduction | xvii |
CHAPTER I |
THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA |
The Part of the Isthmus and the Strait in History | 1 |
The Isthmus of Suez and the Isthmus of Panama: The Route from Colon to Culebra and Panama | 2 |
View from the Hill of Ancon | 9 |
The Natives of the Isthmus: The San Blas Indians | 13 |
The English Raiders: Drake and Morgan | 15 |
The Canal: Gatun Locks and Lake | 19 |
The Great Cutting at Culebra | 24 |
Administration and Sanitation of the Canal Zone | 26 |
Failure of the French Undertaking due Primarily to Disease | 28 |
Commercial Prospects of the Canal | 33 |
General Impressions made by the Isthmus and the Canal | 35 |
CHAPTER II |
THE COAST OF PERU |
Cold Climate of the West Coast | 37 |
The Antarctic Current | 38 |
Aridity and Barrenness of the Peruvian Coast | 39 |
Payta: The Guano Islands | 40 |
Lima: General Aspect and Buildings | 46 |
Life and Society in Lima | 51 |
Mollendo and the Peruvian Southern Railway | 54 |
First View of the Andes | 56 |
The Desert of Western Peru | 57 |
The City of Arequipa | 60 |
The Volcano of El Misti | 61 |
Oriental Aspect of Arequipa | 64 |
Character of the People of Arequipa | 66 |
A Story from Colonial Days | 69 |
CHAPTER III |
CUZCO AND THE LAND OF THE INCAS |
Physical Character of Peru | 75 |
Crossing of the Andes from Arequipa to the Central Plateau of Lake Titicaca | 80 |
Scenery of the Valley from the Plateau to Cuzco | 81 |
One of the Sources of the Amazon | 86 |
Market Day at Sicuani: The Quichua Indians | 88 |
Cuzco: Its Situation and Aspect | 95 |
The Spanish Buildings at Cuzco | 96 |
The Ancient Buildings: Inca Walls | 102 |
The Prehistoric Fortress of Sacsahuaman | 107 |
Impression made by the Remains of Ancient Peruvian Work | 114 |
Historical Associations of Cuzco | 114 |
[Note on the Fortress Walls of Sacsahuaman] | 118 |
CHAPTER IV |
LAKE TITICACA AND THE CENTRAL ANDES |
The Central Plateau and the Lake | 119 |
Inhabitants of the Plateau: The AymarĂ
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Geographical Position | 429 |
Physical Environment: Climate | 430 |
The Aborigines: Their Number and Character | 432 |
The Struggle for Independence and the Civil Wars | 434 |
Recent Economic Development: Immigration | 437 |
Which of the Republics have become Nations? | 438 |
Chile and Argentina: Mexico, Peru, Brazil | 441 |
The Caribbean and Central American Republics | 441 |
Does there exist a Common Sentiment of Spanish-American Nationality? | 444 |
Will the Present Political Divisions be Maintained? | 447 |
Prospects of International Peace in South America | 448 |
CHAPTER XIII |
THE RELATIONS OF RACES IN SOUTH AMERICA |
Importance of the Aboriginal Element in Spanish-American Countries | 454 |
How the Native Tribes came to Survive | 455 |
Probable Present Numbers of the Indian Population | 458 |
The Indians in Peru and Bolivia | 460 |
Present State of these Indians, Social and Religious | 460 |
Ulloa's Report on their Condition in the Eighteenth Century | 463 |
Universal Illiteracy of the Indians: Their Civil and Political Status | 465 |
Relations of Indians and Whites: No "Colour Line" in Latin America | 470 |
How the Presence of the Aborigines has affected the Whites | 475 |
The Negroes in Brazil | 479 |
Three General Conclusions regarding the Native Indians of South America | 480 |
It is not certain that they have injured the White Race by Intermixture | 481 |
Demoralization of the Peruvian Indians by the Spanish Conquest, and Subsequent Oppression | 481 |
Racial Repugnance not a Universal Phenomenon in the Relations of Peoples of Different Colour | 482 |
CHAPTER XIV |
THE TWO AMERICAS AND THE RELATION OF SOUTH AMERICA TO EUROPE |
Origin of the Name "America" | 484 |
How it came to be applied to Two Continents | 486 |
Some Physical Similarities of the Two Continents | 488 |
Some Similarities in their History | 489 |
"Teutonic" America and "Latin" America | 490 |
Divergent History of the Two Americas | 492 |
The Indians: The Mines: The Settlers | 493 |
Different Methods of Government | 494 |
The Two Wars of Independence | 496 |
The English Colonies held together while the Spanish split Up | 499 |
What "Teutonic" and Latin America have in Common | 500 |
The Contrasts between them are More Important | 504 |
Present Attitude of Spanish Americans to North Americans | 507 |
Real Affinities of Spanish America are with Some European Peoples |
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