Ridpath's Universal history - an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the (14583974587)

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Title: Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
Subjects: World history
Publisher: Cincinnati : Jones
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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ntinent through its whole ex-tent to the Land of Fire. We have given the ethnic designativeof Andean to the group of nations whichwe are here to consider. Reckoning theGranada-Guianan branch to Place and clas- be the first subdivision of sification of the ,. , -. Andean races. the Andean group, wecome in the next place to the Peruvianbranch. This stem is still furtherdivided into the Quichua, or Inca nation ;the Aymaras, the Changos, and theAtacamas. These four constitute thebody of the Peruvian family, thoughthere are other tribes that should per-haps be classified in the same group.The geographical term Peruvian givesa general notion of the emplacement ofthe races under consideration, and thesewe will now present in their order. The progress of our inquiry herebrings us at the first into contact withthe most hio;hly civilized & , The Quichuas, of the aboriginal races and their early of South America. This was the Quichua, or Inca, division of the Peruvian family. The ancient Pe-
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ANDEAN LANDSCAPE.- Bridge of Choto — Drawn by Riou, from a sketch by Andre. 502 GREAT RACES OE MANKIND. ruvians, best represented by the Qui-chuas, excited the interest of the wholecivilized world. Soon after the dis-covery of America the adventurersfrom Europe made their way into theSouth American Cordilleras, and foundthemselves on the elevated plain of the best produced west of the Vistula;and, in particular, gathering copper andlead and silver and gold from theirmines to be coined into moneys andwrought into the most elegant formsof workmanship. This people spoke a highly developed