Note 62 — APPENDIX
Reading edition
The periods of the great earthquakes of Peru are thus recorded by Dr. Hipolito Unanue.
Arequipa. Lima. Quito.
In the year 1582 1586 1587
1604 1630 1645
1687 1687 1698
1715 1746 1757
1784 1806 1797
The same author also mentions the following epochs of volcanic explosions.
In Quito.
Cotopaxi, 1534, 1742, 1744.
Pichincha, 1539, 1566, 1577, 1660.
In Arequipa.
Quinistacas, 1600.