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COLON: STATUE REPRESENTING COLUMBUS PROTECTING THE INDIANS Frontispiece
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AVENIDA CENTRAL, RIO DE JANEIRO 20
THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATION: STONE STELÆ AT QUIRIGUA, CENTRAL AMERICA 32
THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATION: RUINS OF MITLA, MEXICO 60
THE CATHEDRAL, GUATEMALA 70
THE CITY OF GUATEMALA 80
A COFFEE ESTABLISHMENT IN CENTRAL AMERICA 86
CUTTING SUGAR-CANE IN CENTRAL AMERICA 96
SCENE ON THE GREAT PLATEAU, MEXICO 104
THE CATHEDRAL, CITY OF MEXICO 114
CORDOVA AND THE PEAK OF ORIZABA, STATE OF VERA CRUZ 132
VILLAGE ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE, MEXICO 140
VIEW ON THE GRIJALVA AND USUMACINTA RIVERS, MEXICO 150
THE WHARF AT GUAYAQUIL 158
CULTIVATED LANDS ON THE PACIFIC COAST OF PERU 176
THE LANDING STAGE AT VALPARAISO 198
THE MALLECO RIVER AND BRIDGE, CHILE 206
THE APPROACH TO QUITO 222
PIZARRO, THE CONQUISTADOR 240
IN THE PERUVIAN ANDES 250
PERU, LLAMAS AND ALPACAS 260
PERU: NATIVE BLANKET WEAVER IN THE ANDES 260
THE RUINED INCA FORTRESS OF OLLANTAYTAMBO, PERU 264
INDIAN RAFTS ON LAKE TITICACA 274
ACONCAGUA, THE HIGHEST ANDINE PEAK, CHILE 288