Cuzco and Lima
A Journey to the Ancient Capital of Peru, and a Visit to the Capital and Provinces of Modern Peru

Published in 1856, this account traces Markham's travels through Peru to the city of Cuzco, discussing the ancient Inca civilisation.

Clements R. Markham (Author)

9781108078788, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 13 November 2014

444 pages, 8 colour illus. 1 map
21.5 x 14 x 2.6 cm, 0.57 kg

Clements R. Markham (1830–1916) began his career in the Royal Navy, sailing to South America, learning Spanish, and participating in the Arctic search for Sir John Franklin. In 1852, determined to succeed as an explorer and geographer, he travelled to Peru and visited the site of the ancient city of Cuzco, previously little known in Europe. Published in 1856, this is Markham's lively account of his travels. In his description of arriving in Panama we see a picture of the mid-nineteenth-century eagerness to explore (or exploit) Latin America. Markham's stay in Cuzco allowed him ample time to study the ruins and research the lost Inca civilisation, and also gave him his introduction to the properties of the cinchona plant, a source of quinine, which he later returned to collect and introduce to India, as described in his 1862 Travels in Peru and India (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection).

1. Introductory
2. Journey to Cuzco: the coast
3. Journey to Cuzco: the sierra
4. Cuzco and the Incas
5. Cuzco and the Incas (cont.)
6. Quichua: the language and literature of the Incas
7. Inca Indians: their past and present condition
8. The montana of Peru
9. Lima: the Spanish viceroys
10. Lima: the Peruvian Republic
11. Lima: the modern literature of Peru, and state of society
Appendices
Index.

Subject Areas: Archaeology by period / region [HDD]