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VIEWS FROM A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD
#24 - LIMA, PERU
Size: 3" x 5"
Copyrighted: 1891
Lithographer: Joseph P. Knapp
  
Illustrations: Lima Gateway; Indian Squaw; Mountain Guide; Lima & River
Rimac; Guano Deposit
| NOTE:
There appear to be 2 printing varieties for this card, distinguishable by the
presence or absence of a comma in the caption at
the bottom center of the card. These varieties
were originally identified by Jerry Anderson. |
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Caption includes
an obvious comma between LIMA and PERU. (This is
the variety shown on the full-size card, above). |
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Caption does not have a comma between LIMA and PERU. |
| Reverse - Text |
Left section:
GRIND
YOUR COFFEE AT HOME
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| LIMA, PERU. |
| Lima, founded by
Francisco Pizarro in 1535,
occupies an extensive plain, 500
feet above the sea, seven miles
east of its port, Callao, on the
Pacific coast. It stands at the
foot of granitic hills on both
banks of the River Rimac, which
divides the city proper from its
suburban portion--San Lazaro.
Prior to 1870, there were walls
of some ten miles circuit
enclosing the irregular triangle
of the main town, but these have
given way to boulevards. In the
hills behind San Lazaro there are
only two openings for
passage-way. The river is spanned
by a bridge 530 feet long with
six arches. This is a favorite
place of resort in the afternoon,
the time of day when the mountain
breezes prevail. The streets are
broad and symmetrical, the houses
spacious, usually of only two
stories, and approached by
portals leading into an open
court or yard. The grand
square--Plaza Mayor--is the
centre of life and business. Each
side is 510 feet long and in its
centre a magnificent bronze
fountain with three basins. On
the north side of the square are
the palace and government
offices, on the east the
Archbiship's palace and the
cathedral, and on the west the
Senate House and Town Hall. Among
the monuments, the most famous is
the equestrian statue of Simon
Bolivar in the Plaza de la
Indepencia, (weighing 11 tons,)
commemorating the battle of
Ayacucho, which secured the
independence of Peru. Among the
public promenades are reckoned
the cemetery outside the
Maravillas Gate and the Pasco de
la Alameda (promenade) de los
Descalzos, having in its centre a
splendid garden. The University,
built in 1576, is the oldest in
America; it contains the hall and
offices used by the Chamber of
Deputies. The public libarary has
over 40,000 volumes. The chief
place of amusement is the
amphitheatre for bull-fights,
accommodating 9,000 spectators. |
| Despite
the ravages of war, insurrection,
pestilence, and earthquake, the
city has held its own as one of
the most important trading
centres of South America. |
| Population 1876, 101,488. |
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