Across South America: An Account of a Journey from Buenos Aires to Lima by Way of Potosi, with Notes on Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru (Electronic book text)

Across South America: An Account of a Journey from Buenos Aires to Lima by Way of Potosi, with Notes on Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru (1911) by Hiram Bingham. - with Eighty Illustrations and Maps. "The chief interest of the trip lay in its being an exploration of the most historic highway in South America, the old trade route between Lima, Potosf, and Buenos Aires. The more difficult parts of this road were used by the Incas and their conqueror Pizarro; by Spanish ceroys, mine owners, and merchants; by the liberating armies of Argentina; and finally by Bolivar and Sucre, who marched and countermarched over it in the last campaigns of the Ware of independence...enjoy unusual opportunities for observation, I made it the chief object of my journey to collect and verify information regarding the South American people, their history, politics, economics, and physical environment. I have included some data that seemed likely to prove serviceable to intending travellers."