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Title: The world's story; a history of the world in story, song and art, ed. by Eva March Tappan
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Tappan, Eva March, 1854-1930 Ploetz, Karl Julius, 1819-1881 Tillinghast, William Hopkins, 1819-1881 Dresser, Horatio W. (Horatio Willis), b. 1866
Subjects: World history
Publisher: Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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le stone. Therewere fountains or tanks of water, and there were carefullybuilt stone houses. Besides having the abihty to plan and carry out greatarchitectural and engineering works, the people who builtthis city were exceedingly skillful in the making of pottery,and they knew well how to cultivate the ground. It is evi-dent that not only the bits of land for a long distance aroundthe city, but every foot of the numerous terraces within thetown were made use of for agriculture. Machu Picchu was not discovered by the Spaniards, andwas, indeed, practically unknown until the first visit ofProfessor Bingham, in 1911. It is the largest and mostimportant ruin discovered in South America since the daysof the Spanish conquest. For the privilege of presenting the remarkable picture ofMachu Picchu here reproduced, the editor is indebted tothe kindness of Professor Hiram Bingham, Director ofthe Peruvian Expedition of 1912, under the auspices of YaleUniversity and the National Geographic Society.
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HOW PIZARRO CAPTURED THE INCA (1532) BY WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT It was not long before sunset, when the van of the royalprocession entered the gates of the city. First camesome hundreds of the menials, employed to clear thepath of every obstacle, and singing songs of triumph asthey came, which in our ears, says one of the con-querors, sounded like the songs of hell! Then fol-lowed other bodies of different ranks, and dressed indifferent liveries. Some wore a showy stuff, checkeredwhite and red, like the squares of a chessboard. Otherswere clad in pure white, bearing hammers or maces ofsilver or copper; and the guards, together with those inimmediate attendance on the prince, were distinguishedby a rich azure livery, and a profusion of gay ornaments,while the large pendants attached to the ears indicatedthe Peruvian noble. Elevated high above his vassals came the Inca Ata-huallpa, borne on a sedan or open litter, on which was asort of throne made of massive gold of inestimable value.

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