The earth and its inhabitants .. . sugar plantations than by its goldfields. In Inca times it was the chief strategiccentre between Cuzco and Quito. On the Mavo affluent of the Huallaga stand the 3:H SOUTU AMERICA—THE ANDES REGIONS. towns of Moi/ohimba and Lamas, the latter near Tarapoto, where is grown tlie besttobacco in Ieru. In colonial times Jeberos, m\ Xlic Aipona, which communicates bolli tlioMarafion and the Iluallaga, was the largest place in the Upper Amazons basin, Fig. 130.—Ckrro dk Pasco. Scale 1 : 30, /vest or Greenwrch 75*4i 7540- 31ile. with an estimated population o
The earth and its inhabitants .. . sugar plantations than by its goldfields. In Inca times it was the chief strategiccentre between Cuzco and Quito. On the Mavo affluent of the Huallaga stand the 3:H SOUTU AMERICA—THE ANDES REGIONS. towns of Moi/ohimba and Lamas, the latter near Tarapoto, where is grown tlie besttobacco in Ieru. In colonial times Jeberos, m\ Xlic Aipona, which communicates bolli tlioMarafion and the Iluallaga, was the largest place in the Upper Amazons basin, Fig. 130.—Ckrro dk Pasco. Scale 1 : 30, /vest or Greenwrch 75*4i 7540- 31ile. with an estimated population of 15,000, now reduced to about Later itwas eclipsed by the village of Lfuiuna, wliich in 1830 contained as many as (),0()0Indians. At present it is rivalled by Yurimaguas, at the head of the navigationjlir steamers ascending the Huallaga TOPOGRAPHY OF PEEU. 335 Cerro de Pasco (14,280 feet) occupies one of the bigliest jDoints of tlie irregularmass where have their rise the Marauon and the Iluallaga in the north, and inthe south the streams flowing through the Apurimac to the Ucayali. But for somepowerful attraction a place situated in an extremely rugged district, at an altitudehigh above arborescent vegetation, and, despite its proximity to the equator, inan excessively rigorous climate, could never have invited any settlers beyondperhaps a few solitary pastors. But in 1630 one of these rare visitors found somesilver ingots in his hearth, and there was a sudden rush to the spot. The townsprang up as by enchan
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