South America The Making of Nations BYW.H. KOEBELAUTHOR OF "SOUTH AMERICA" IN BLACK'S SERIES OF COLOUR BOOKS, "MODERN ARGENTINA," "MODERN CHILE," ETC.WITH THIRTY-TWO FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS, ETC., AND MAPS AND PLANS IN THE TEXTADAM & CHARLES
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| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | THE CONTINENT IN PRE-SPANISH DAYS | 1 |
| II. | COLUMBUS | 14 |
| III. | THE SPANISH CONQUISTADORES | 26 |
| IV. | THE DISCOVERY AND EARLY HISTORY OF BRAZIL | 36 |
| V. | THE CONQUEST OF PERU | 47 |
| VI. | SPANIARD AND NATIVE | 56 |
| VII. | THE COLONIZATION OF THE SOUTH | 64 |
| VIII. | THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN COLONIES | 74 |
| IX. | FOREIGN RAIDS ON THE SPANISH COLONIES | 83 |
| X. | FOREIGN RAIDS ON PORTUGUESE COLONIES | 95 |
| XI. | THE COLONY OF PERU | 110 |
| XII. | THE COLONY OF CHILE | 121 |
| XIII. | THE COLONIES OF PARAGUAY AND THE RIVER PLATE | 130 |
| XIV. | THE NORTHERN COLONIES | 142 |
| XV. | THE LAST DAYS OF EMPIRE | 151 |
| XVI. | THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE—I | 159 |
| XVII. | THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE—II | 176 |
| XVIII. | BRAZIL: FROM COLONY TO EMPIRE | 185 |
| XIX. | THE EMPIRE OF BRAZIL | 201 |
| XX. | FROM EMPIRE TO REPUBLIC | 211 |
| XXI. | MODERN BRAZIL | 220 |
| XXII. | THE INDEPENDENCE OF SPANISH AMERICA | 228 |
| XXIII. | THE REPUBLIC OF PERU | 237 |
| XXIV. | THE REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY | 245 |
| XXV. | THE PARAGUAYAN WAR | 255 |
| XXVI. | THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE | 264 |
| XXVII. | THE REPUBLICS OF THE RIVER PLATE | 272 |
| XXVIII. | THE NORTHERN REPUBLICS | 283 |
| INDEX | 295 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS | Frontispiece |
| TO FACE PAGE | |
| MANCO-CAPAC COLLECTING HIS PEOPLE FOR THE WORK OF BUILDING THE CITY OF CUZCO | 5 |
| DIEGO DE ALMAGRO | 12 |
| JORGE CABRAL | 16 |
| COLUMBUS LANDING IN AMERICA | 37 |
| VASCO DA GAMA | 44 |
| THE DEFEAT OF THE PERUVIANS OUTSIDE CUZCO | 49 |
| PIZARRO AND ATAHUALPA | 53 |
| DEATH OF ATAHUALPA | 60 |
| ATAHUALPA | 65 |
| SUGAR-MAKING | 69 |
| BARTOLOMÉ DE LAS CASAS | 76 |
| FRANCISCO PIZARRO | 80 |
| SECTIONS OF A SLAVE-SHIP | 85 |
| OLINDA DE PERNAMBUCO | 92 |
| FERDINAND MAGELLAN | 101 |
| DUTCH VESSELS SAILING THROUGH THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN | 108 |
| DUTCH AND SPANISH VESSELS ENGAGED OFF CALLAO | 116 |
| ACAPULCO | 125 |
| AN ISLAND PASSAGE OF THE RIVER AMAZON | 144 |
| POTOSI | 149 |
| BRITISH WARSHIPS UNDER ANSON'S COMMAND PLUNDERING PAYTA | 156 |
| SIMON BOLIVAR | 164 |
| DON FRANCISCO SOLANO LOPEZ | 173 |
| PEDRO I., EMPEROR OF BRAZIL | 193 |
| THE OPENING OF THE SENATE HOUSE, RIO DE JANEIRO | 196 |
| PALACE AND GREAT SQUARE IN RIO DE JANEIRO | 205 |
| PEDRO II., EMPEROR OF BRAZIL | 208 |
| THOMAS, TENTH EARL OF DUNDONALD, G.C.B. | 261 |
| BERNARDO O'HIGGINS | 268 |
| STATUE OF GENERAL MANUEL BELGRANO | 277 |
| BRIGADIER-GENERAL BARTOLOMÉ MITRE | 284 |
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| MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, SHOWING THE DISTRICTS OF THE ABORIGINAL TRIBES AT THE TIME OF THE SPANISH CONQUEST | 9 |
| A PERUVIAN CASSE-TÊTE AND A PIPE OF PEACE | 50 |
| THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN, CUZCO | 53 |
| INDIAN HUTS ON THE RIVER CHIPURANA | 54 |
| THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN, AS KNOWN AT THE TIME OF CORDOVA'S VOYAGE | 91 |
| PEASANTS OF ST. MICHAEL PROCEEDING TO DEL GADO | 158 |
| ARMS OF THE EMPIRE OF BRAZIL | 192 |
| ARMS OF UNITED KINGDOMS OF PORTUGAL, THE ALGARVES, AND BRAZIL | 192 |
| CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, RIO DE JANEIRO | 197 |
| SKETCH-MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA | 293 |
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