Note 239 — Chapter IX
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When Señor Zea, of Bogota, was in Paris, Kotzebue undertook a journey on purpose to obtain information from him respecting Tupac Amaru, having conceived the idea of writing a tragedy founded on his rebellion. But Zea, being a Colombian, knew little or nothing about it.
Kotzebue, however, continued his inquiries respecting Peru, which resulted in his play The Virgins of the Sun, and hence Sheridan's Pizarro.