Identifier: explorationofval00hern (find matches)
Title: Exploration of the valley of the Amazon
Year: 1853 (1850s)
Authors: Herndon, William Lewis, 1813-1857 United States. Navy Dept Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 Mann, Horace, 1796-1859 Gibbon, Lardner
Subjects: Amazon River Valley -- Description and travel Brazil -- Description and travel Peru -- Description and travel Bolivia -- Description and travel America -- Discovery and exploration
Publisher: Washington, R. Armstrong (etc.) Public Printer
Contributing Library: Brown University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brown University

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Figure 37, a slung-stone, used as a weapon of war. 74 ANTIQUITIES.Fig. 38.
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Figure 38, a gold ornament worn on the forehead; the button, rep-resenting the sun. On a higih hill on the north side of the city are remains of the wallsof the ancient fortress Sacsahuamam, The largest sized stone in thedrawing measured twenty-two* feet at the base, and twelve and a halffeet perpendicularly, independent of its depth in the ground and wall.The Indian boy standing near was full grown. We were at a loss toknow how the ancient Peruvians could handle such heavy masses, andtransport them half a mile over ground nearly level; but some recentdiscoveries by Mr. Layard, in Asia, show no similar acts by humanpowers and mechanical skill. The area occupied by this fortress may be about twelve acres. No .J;2K-^V

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