Two years in Peru - with exploration of its antiquities (1873) (14779571531)

Identifier: twoyearsinperuwi01hutc (find matches)
Title: Two years in Peru : with exploration of its antiquities
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Hutchinson, Thomas Joseph, b. 1820
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Publisher: London : S. Low, Marston, Low, (and) Searle
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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o, two miles from Pacha-Camac, wewere invited on the day before, and from whomwe received the most courteous attention duringour nights stoppage at his house. The road going eastward from Chorillos passes,at the distance of a few hundred yards outside ofthe town, one of those grand old forts, with highwalls, bastions, embrasures, and a wonderful workof architecture, that are so plentiful over Peru. Iexpressed to Mr. Schumaker my desire to have asketch of it, but unfortunately time did not per-mit him to do more than the five excellent draw-ings of what we saw at Pacha-Camac, and whichaccompany this chapter. Our ride, after passing by the hacienda of Villa,®only half a league distant from Chorillos, wasalong the sea-shore. This style of journey occu-pied more than half the way. We started from The old fortress and the hacienda in this place are the pro-perty of one of the Goyanaches—family of the late Archbisliopof Lima, who is said to have died worth twenty-five millions ofdollars.
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