The earth and its inhabitants .. . bia and Chili. Gold, which had in such large measure caused the decadence of the mothercountry, was also the bane of Peru ; it impoverished the soil, degraded labourand demoralised man. The Peruvian nation still feels to the very marrow of itsbones the evil effects of the period during which its rulers thirsted after nothingbut gold. DisiUTEu Frontiers—Extent. Although deprived, in 1883, after her disastrous war with Chili, of a territoryestimated at about 50,000 square miles, Peru still remains one of the large statesof the New World. Even within its narrowe
The earth and its inhabitants .. . bia and Chili. Gold, which had in such large measure caused the decadence of the mothercountry, was also the bane of Peru ; it impoverished the soil, degraded labourand demoralised man. The Peruvian nation still feels to the very marrow of itsbones the evil effects of the period during which its rulers thirsted after nothingbut gold. DisiUTEu Frontiers—Extent. Although deprived, in 1883, after her disastrous war with Chili, of a territoryestimated at about 50,000 square miles, Peru still remains one of the large statesof the New World. Even within its narrowest limits, as determined by the FRONTIERS-EXTENT OF PERU. 275 claims of the conterminous republics, it has an area of at least 400,000 squaremiles, between three and four times that of the British Isles. But according toPaz Soldan it would comprise no less than 7-A-j,U00 square miles, if the wholespace were included which Peru demands on her own interpretation of the treaties. Fig. 107.—Fkontiebs of Peeu. Scale 1 : 21,000, Present. Peruvian Kcnadorenn Pemvian Territory disputed territoiy. territory cliiiined territoi-y claimed by Colombia by Peru. by Ecuador. and Peru. Peruvian province provisionally Chilian Territory disputed by held by Chili till 18y4. Conqueat. Colombia and Brazil. 310 Miles. In the north she claims the course of all the Amazonian affluents rising inEcuador from the head of the navigation as indicated by the first cascades orrapids. The frontier would thus extend to that of Colombia north of the Rio Napo, 276 SOLTTn AMERICA—THE .VNDES REGIONS. and would run eastwards along 1° south latitude as far as the confluence of theYapura and Apaparis, in the region of the llanos. Farther on, the houndary towards Brazil would reach the junction of theAmazons with its Yavari tributary from the south. Here the frontier is officiallydetermined by treaty, and by the commissions appointed to survey the ground in1874, under Guillermo lilack, and Iloonholtz, actin
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