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The South American Tour

ILLUSTRATIONS

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North Peak of Mt. Huascarán, 21,812 Feet Frontispiece

Mt. Huascarán from an Altitude of 10,000 Feet 56

Llanganuco Gorge 56

Callao Harbor; receiving Secretary Root 66

Plaza de Armas, Cathedral 66

Portales and Municipal Building 70

Calle Junín, Inauguration of President Leguia 70

Paseo Colón and Exposition Palace 78

In the Museum, Exposition Palace 78

Statue of Bolívar, Plaza de la Inquisición 82

Peruvian Mummy, University of San Marcos 82

On the Oroya Railway 94

Plaza, Cerro de Pasco 96

Near the Source of the Amazon (Marañon) 96

On the Southern Railway of Peru 102

Religious Procession, El Misti at the Right 102

Cathedral, Plaza Matríz 116

Ancient Wall 116

Balsas, Lake Titicaca 128

La Paz from the Hills 128

Cathedral and Government Palace 134

Hall of Congress, Monument to Murillo 134

Street Near the Market 138

In the Cemetery of La Paz 138

Monolithic Gateway, Tiahuanaco 142

Indians at Festival, Tiahuanaco 142

Mt. Illampu, 21,750 Feet, from the Plateau, 13,000 Feet 146

Sorata Town 146

Indians Transporting Freight 150

Plaza and Government Palace, Oruro 150

Valparaiso Harbor 164

xiiMonument to Arturo Prat, Plaza Independencia 164

Avenida Brazil, with British Monument 168

Residence, Viña del Mar 168

New Hall of Congress, Library at the Left 174

Palace of Fine Arts 180

Entrance to Parque Santa Lucia 180

Palacio de la Moneda 186

Cemetery in Rose Time 186

Tierra del Fuego 196

Entrance to Andine Tunnel, Chilian Side 196

Avenida de Mayo 224

The Capitol Plaza, Buenos Aires 230

Palermo Park 230

Jockey Club Stand, Hippodrome 236

Centennial Exposition, Rural Society 236

Botanical Garden 240

Zoological Garden, House of Zebus 240

Patio in New Hall of Justice 246

Colón Theatre 246

Tomb, Recoleta Cemetery 248

Recoleta Park 248

Mercado de Frutos and Riachuelo 250

Building of Public School Sarmiento 250

Paseo Colón, Grain Elevators in the Distance 252

Darsena Nord and Marine Shops 252

On the River Tigre 254

Legislative Building, La Plata 254

University Building, La Plata 256

Museum, La Plata 256

A Fraction of the Iguassú Falls 260

Judiciary Building, Rosario 264

Residence on an Argentine Estancia 264

Government Palace, Asunción 268

New Legislative Palace, Montevideo 276

Solis Theatre 280

Government Palace 280

xiiiPort of Santos 296

Luz Station, São Paulo 300

Municipal Theatre 300

Ypiranga Museum 302

Hotel of Immigrants, São Paulo 302

Coffee Fazenda 304

Coffee Tree 304

Avenida de Rio Branco 314

Boulevard Beira Mar from Pensão Suissa 314

National Library 322

School of Fine Arts 322

Avenida do Manque 326

Residence of the President 332

Botanical Garden 332

Corcovado from the Boulevard Beira Mar 336

Through the Clouds, from Corcovado 336

United States Embassy, Petropolis 340

Street with River 340

Praça de Frei Caetano Brandão, Pará 354

Bahia 354

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Miss Peck’s photograph of Mt. Huascarán,

page 56, is used by permission of Harper

& Brothers (copyright 1906), and through

the courtesy of the Pan American Union

eight illustrations were selected from Pan

American Bulletin.

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