The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . •^Jh:U(^.#ift: -3 X ^ o w a! H g 3 ?3 3; Oh. THE RUINS ON THE ISLAND OF KOATI 267 the younger against Pizarro, Hernando Pizarro is accusedof attempting to rob the gold and silver that was in thelagune of Titaca [Titicaca], and that in consequence of itten Spaniards were drowned. No mention is made of themetallic treasure being on an island}^ That an attemptof some sort was made, is as good as proven by othersources from the time, also that it occurred in 1539.^^ If the documents collected and published in abstracts byJ. M. Vizcarra in 1900
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . •^Jh:U(^.#ift: -3 X ^ o w a! H g 3 ?3 3; Oh. THE RUINS ON THE ISLAND OF KOATI 267 the younger against Pizarro, Hernando Pizarro is accusedof attempting to rob the gold and silver that was in thelagune of Titaca [Titicaca], and that in consequence of itten Spaniards were drowned. No mention is made of themetallic treasure being on an island}^ That an attemptof some sort was made, is as good as proven by othersources from the time, also that it occurred in 1539.^^ If the documents collected and published in abstracts byJ. M. Vizcarra in 1900 are not spurious, we may concludethat no attempt was made by the Spaniards to reach Koatiin the year 1539 even. The reason why is given as follows:And when there came to the peninsula the captains Al-zures and the Illescas with the Franciscan Fathers, althoughthey intended it in 1536, they could not get to it by reasonof lack of time and because they thought it was, like that ofthe sun, deserted and abandoned. ^^ The date of 1536 is,as I have already shown, doubtful, to say the least. I hold(u
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