The earth and its inhabitants .. . Diego de Lepe . 1500 Belalcazar 1537 Alvarez Cabral . 1500 Fredemanu . 1537 De Gonneville . 1504 Badillo. 1539 Diaz de Solis . 1509 Valdiv-ia 1540 Magellan . 1520 Gonzalo Pizarro . 1540 Andagoya . 1522 Orellana 1540 Francisco PizaiTo . 1524-1540 Camargo 1540 Sebastian Cabot . 1528 Irala 1544 Alfinger . 1530 Sarmiento 1579 Diego de Ordaz . 1531 Sebakl de Wert . 1598 Heredia . 1533 Juan de Susa 1609 14 SOUTH AMERICA—THE ANDES REGIONS. before those maladies, melting awaj- like iiunuuls of snow in the sun. Then,when it came to the issue of war, the civilised trib
The earth and its inhabitants .. . Diego de Lepe . 1500 Belalcazar 1537 Alvarez Cabral . 1500 Fredemanu . 1537 De Gonneville . 1504 Badillo. 1539 Diaz de Solis . 1509 Valdiv-ia 1540 Magellan . 1520 Gonzalo Pizarro . 1540 Andagoya . 1522 Orellana 1540 Francisco PizaiTo . 1524-1540 Camargo 1540 Sebastian Cabot . 1528 Irala 1544 Alfinger . 1530 Sarmiento 1579 Diego de Ordaz . 1531 Sebakl de Wert . 1598 Heredia . 1533 Juan de Susa 1609 14 SOUTH AMERICA—THE ANDES REGIONS. before those maladies, melting awaj- like iiunuuls of snow in the sun. Then,when it came to the issue of war, the civilised tribes, being less daring, lessinured to hardships, less confident in themselves, assumed a passive attitude,awaitino- the orders of their new chiefs, without daring to take the initiative inresisting the attacks of their enemies. Thus it came about that districts denselypeopled by peaceful communities again became a wilderness; hundreds and Fig. 4.—Chief Routes of the Spanish Conquerors in South 1 : , 930 Miles. hundreds of tribes have left nothing but their name more or less accurately trans-mitted to posterity. In the war of extermination waged by Brazil and the Argentine Republicagainst Paraguay, it was seen how the docile populations descended from those ofthe old Jesuit missions allowed themselves to be stupidly butchered by the half-castes of the Brazilian plateaux. Numerous villages founded in the first days ofthe conquest have disappeared, and beaten tracks hundreds of years old are now SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION. 15 overgrown with tall herbage and trees. The work of discovery instead of pro-gressing continued for a long time to recede, so that the children began to doubtor to forget what their fathers had done ; certain formerly well-known districtsfell into complete oblivion. During the long colonial period, journeys deviating from the frequented high-ways occurred only at long intervals. On the other hand, even the most success-ful expeditions s
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