PERU Capital Lima & San Cristobal Mountain - 1894 Antique Print

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Print Specifics:
  • Type of print: Wood Engraving - Original antique print
  • Year of printing: not indicated in the print - actual 1894
  • Publisher: D. Appleton & Co., New York, 5 Bond Street
  • Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Light age toning of paper.
  • Dimensions: 7 x 10.5 inches (17,5 x 26 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image.
  • Paper weight: 2-3 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
  • Reverse side: Blank
  • Notes: 1. Green color 'border' around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. The print detail is sharper than the photo of the print.
Original Narrative: So far from being the "Empire City" of the New World, it has been outstripped by several places even in the Southern Continent. Its position at the outlet of a valley, affording free play to the cool breezes of the snowy mountain, gives it a lower and pleasanter temperature than that of the neighbouring towns, the mean range of the thermometer being, according to Tschudi, little more than 8° Fahr. But although equable, the climate is far from healthy, the foggy winter season bringing fevers and dysentery, which in some years assumes an epidemic character. The mortality constantly exceeds the birthrate, and the population has also suffered much from wars and political disorders. Moreover, for many years Lima was little more than the nominal centre of the Peruvian republic. The lack of easy communications severed its relations with the remoter provinces, so that Cuzco, Arequipa and other centres of attraction were able to challenge its political preponderance. Although little over three miles in a straight line from the coast, Lima stands, not on the lowlands, but on a triangular plateau skirting the left bank of the Rimac, at a height of 575 feet above sea-level. Around the central quarter as planned by Pizarro have been developed some less geometrical quarters, while on the opposite side of the river, here spanned by two bridges, the new town of San Lazaro has sprung up at the foot of the San Cristobal eminence (1,415 feet), which is crowned by a fortress. The houses, usually of two stories, are built of adobe, and are disposed in a square round a central patio in the Moorish style adopted by the Spaniards.    Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy!
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  • Condition: Used
  • Condition: Please See Item Condition & Notes Below
  • Listed By: Martin2001
  • Type: Print
  • Dimensions:: 7 x 10.5" (17,5 x 26 cm)
  • Year of Production: 1894
  • Original/Reproduction: Original Print
  • Theme: History, Geography, Travel, South America
  • Production Technique: Xylograph - Wood Engraving
  • Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
  • Subject: Landscape, Citiscape
  • Time Period Produced: 1850-1899

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