Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests, by J. J. von Tschudi This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Author: J. J. von Tschudi Translator: Thomasina Ross Release Date: October 3, 2008 [EBook #26745] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TRAVELS IN PERU *** Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) NATIVES OF VALPARAISO. CHILIAN HORSEMANSHIP. TRAVELS IN PERU, ON THE COAST, IN THE SIERRA, ACROSS THE CORDILLERAS AND THE ANDES, INTO THE PRIMEVAL FORESTS. BY DR. J. J. VON TSCHUDI. TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY THOMASINA ROSS. NEW EDITION, COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME. NEW YORK: A. S. BARNES & CO., 51 JOHN-STREET. CINCINNATI: H. W. DERBY. 1854. PREFACE. The Work from which the present Volume is translated consists of extracts from the Author's Journal, accompanied by his recollections and observations.