The South American republics . PERU MIL CHILE 133 CHAPTER I THE SPANISH CONQUEST ABOUT a century before Pizarro landed, TupacYupanqui, the greatest of the Inca conquerors,crossed the rough mountains, bleak plateaux, andwaterless deserts which lie between the habitable partof Bolivia and the irrigable valleys of northern Chile,and rapidly overran the coast for six hundred one goes south the plain broadens, the shortrivers flowing from the mountains grow larger, therainfall and the area available for cultivation in-crease, and from Santiago a wide valley, the heartof Chile, stretches be
The South American republics . PERU MIL CHILE 133 CHAPTER I THE SPANISH CONQUEST ABOUT a century before Pizarro landed, TupacYupanqui, the greatest of the Inca conquerors,crossed the rough mountains, bleak plateaux, andwaterless deserts which lie between the habitable partof Bolivia and the irrigable valleys of northern Chile,and rapidly overran the coast for six hundred one goes south the plain broadens, the shortrivers flowing from the mountains grow larger, therainfall and the area available for cultivation in-crease, and from Santiago a wide valley, the heartof Chile, stretches between the Andes and the coastrange, sustaining a dense population. As far southas the river Maule, the limit of Tupacs conquests,irrigation is necessary for crops. In all these val-leys dwelt various tribes whose system of agricultureand civilisation was similar to that of the the southern peoples inhabiting the rainy andforested regions beyond the Maule refused to Capac, Tupacs son, was once obliged tcu31924020446633
Size: 1450px × 1723px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthormuseumof, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookyear1903
