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General
Useful English language sites on the history of Peru are limited. These
links indicate some of the more valuable. I would be grateful for
suggestions of others to include, in Spanish, as well as English.
lesfearns@casahistoria.net
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History
of Peruvian Photography
Links and original
material on the history of Peruvian photography, 1850-1950. Includes a
collection of antique Peruvian postcards.Links to other sites about the
history of the Latin America photography
Archivo Fotografico Courret Searchable archive of Eugenio Courret's
photographs of Peru taken between 1863-1935.
PeruLinks
Excellent set of annotated links to all aspects of Peruvian culture and
life. In English and Spanish
For current developments to the
national history themes:
- Yahoo Peru news
excellent resource for current news items (in English) on Peru
- Lanic Newsroom:
Texas Univ site for links to the recent news themes on Latin America in
general
All
the site images are from the excellent
"The Peruvians" site.
Presented by
Texas Council for the Humanities Resource Centre.
Click on any thumbnail
for larger image
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Conquest
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 History
of the Conquest of Peru by William Hickling Prescott
A Gutenberg Project
e-book. You can read the text following the links in this page, or you can
also download it in zip format (compressed). The book is based mostly from
documents the author collected in Spain. Most of them comes from the Royal
Academy of History at Madrid. The richest portion of this collection are
papers furnished by Munoz, an eminent scholar employed by nearly fifty
years amassing materials for the history of the Spanish discovery and
conquest of America.
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Versión Peruana de la Conquista
The Peruvian Version of the Conquest.
With a
personal, patriotic conviction, Edmundo Guillén Guillén rebuilds the final
chapters of the history of the Tawantisuyo (Incan Empire) using authentic
historical documents from the XVI and XVII centuries. The site talks about
a heroic resistance against the Spanish conquistadors. It emphasizes the
failed Reconquest War directed under the leadership of Manco Capac, the
Resistance of Vilcabamba, and the holocaust of Tupac Amaru. Bibliography,
documents, maps and images.
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Tupac Amaru
The Life, Times, and Execution of the Last
Inca. Well presented and detailed, with good bibliography of sources. 1998
by James Q. Jacobs.
- A New
Chronicle Nueva corónica y buen gobierno Several decades
after the fall of the Inca empire, a native Andean from the area of
Huamanga in the southern Peruvian Andes wrote to king Philip III of
Spain. Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala's aim was to seek the reform of
Spanish colonial governance in order to save the Andean peoples from the
destructive forces of colonial exploitation, disease, and miscegenation.
Finding his most persuasive medium to be the visual image, he composed
398 full-page drawings which are an integral part of his 1200-page
Nueva corónica y buen gobierno. This is a facsimile of the copy that
ended up in the Royal Danish library!
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Dead
Bones Dancing: The Taki Onqoy, Archaism, and Crisis In Sixteenth Century
Peru by Sändra Lee Allen Henson. Hefty (101 pages) thesis looking at
aspects of the native reaction to the conquest.
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The Imperial City of Cuzco
by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega Translated by Dr. Dick Gerdes. Inca
Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616) was born to a Spaniard from the minor
nobility and an Inca princess. His literary achievements are based primarily
on two historical works, La Florida del Inca (1605) and his seminal work,
The Royal Commentaries (Volume I, 1609; Volume II, 1617). The following
excerpt from the latter work describes the Incas’ imperial city of Cuzco.
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Peru
Country Study: Introductory series of concise articles, from US
Library of Congress. Good place to start for an overview in English. Links
to key sections:
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Missions
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Santa Catalina Convent, Arequipa Established in the 16th century,
Santa Catalina convent is perhaps the largest such institution in the
world. It was a haven for daughters of the local elite, who lived a
pampered if isolated life.
(Beautiful) images of the convent). Illustrated with contemporary
pictures, modern images and data. By R H Jackson. Powerpoint pdf file,
requiring Adobe Reader.
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see
also casahistoria
catholic
missions in latin america
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War of the Pacific 1879-84
from
Armed Conflict Events Data site.
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The Peruvian Army during the first years of the republic, and
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The Peruvian Navy- The XIX Century Maritime
Campaigns Detailed information
about those campaigns, from the Battle of Junín in 1824 to the War of
the Pacific between 1879 to 1883. Well linked and detailed.
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The
Pacific War of 1879-1884 also referred to as the Chile-Peruvian
War and as the Ten Cents War. From the
KMLA school site. A general overview.
Guerra del Pacífico (1879-1883). (Many) articles from Chile's
Icarito.
Simpler Spanish for schools makes for clearer Google translations....
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Grandes Batallas
Militares del Peru
Peruvian
enthusiast site dedicated to the most important battles carried out by
the Peruvian Army and Navy during the Pacific War. Includes links to the
military campaigns of Angamos, Tarapaca and Arica and the campaign
of Breña. In Spanish.
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The Pacific War
(1879-1884)
The Pacific War from a Chilean perspective.
However, the site is actually dedicated to all the Chilean, Peruvian and
Bolivian veterans of this war. The site’s main sections include are
history, maps, uniforms, heroes, books, music and links. Includes a
Chilean heroes section. A Flash start, but click on Salir to get
to the main site.
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Gran Almirante Miguel
Grau Seminario A
short biography of Peruvian Miguel Grau. He was the
admiral of Huáscar, the only
surviving Peruvian military ship that
defied the whole Chilean fleet during the War of the Pacific. Includes a
list of links to sites with similar content
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Ancash
Uprising 1885 in the aftermath of the war ..
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Against the British Squad: The Pacocha Incident
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During the 1877
Peruvian revolution headed by Nicolas de Pierola, a British-made
ironclad named Huascar was seized from the Peruvian Navy. Soon the
ironclad embarked on sabotage actions against the Government forces. It
also intercepted British merchant ships along the coast of Peru for
inspection. The British were outraged, and sent Rear Admiral de Horsey,
the highest-ranking navy officer in the Pacific region. After 21 hours
of combat the British officers aborted their mission. The Pacocha
Incident was considered as a humiliating action for the Royal Navy and
from then on the British Squadron in South America would always be
composed of ironclads--the same type of ship as the Huascar.
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The Huáscar
~ the museum ship. Illustrated article
with links to the wars with Peru in which it was also involved.
From the
Pre-Dreadnought Preservation
site
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