Before the Spanish conquered them, the people of Peru made exuberant ceramics. These went way beyond the plain round pot. Instead, they took the shapes of owls, or ducks, of women giving birth, ...
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DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST OF PERU : CHRONICLES OF THE NEW WORLD ENCOUNTER PEDRO DE CIEZA DE LEÓN EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDRA PARMA COOK AND NOBLE DAVID COOK ...
LIMA, Peru -- If Jeronimo de Aliaga were alive today, he would surely not recognize Lima, the Peruvian capital he helped found nearly 500 years ago. De Aliaga, one of 60 Spaniards who accompanied ...