mountain climber Born: 1850Birthplace: Providence, R.I. Annie Smith Peck had a distinguished academic career, including a master's degree from the University of Michigan and advanced study in…
In 1947 Thor Heyerdahl and five crew members sailed the Kon-Tiki, a balsa wood raft, from South America to Polynesia, to prove his theory that pre-Columbian intercultural global contact was possible…
(Encyclopedia) Chinchón, Luis Jerónimo Fernández de Cabrera Bobadilla Cerda y Mendoza, conde deChinchón, Luis Jerónimo Fernández de Cabrera Bobadilla Cerda y Mendoza, conde del&oomacr;ēsˈ…
(Encyclopedia) ChancayChancaychäng-kīˈ [key], archaeological site in central Peru, center of the ancient Cuismancu empire. Culturally influenced by the Chimu, the Cuismancu dominated less territory…
(Encyclopedia) Hall, Basil, 1788–1844, British naval officer and traveler. In the service from 1802 to 1823, he commanded vessels on scientific assignments and voyages of exploration. He wrote of…
(Encyclopedia) ParacasParacaspäräˈkäs [key], Native American culture of ancient Peru. Named after the Paracas peninsula on the south coast, where their remains were first found, the Paracas produced…
(Encyclopedia) Velasco Alvarado, JuanVelasco Alvarado, Juanhwän vāläsˈkō älväräˈᵺō [key], 1910–77, president of Peru (1968–75). Born of working class parents, he entered the army (1929) and rose to…
(Encyclopedia) Pezuela, Joaquín de laPezuela, Joaquín de lahwäkēnˈ dā lä pāswāˈlä [key], d. 1830, Spanish general, viceroy of Peru (1816–21). During the South American wars of independence from Spain…
(Encyclopedia) APRAAPRAäˈprä [key] or the Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana, reformist political party in Peru, also called the Partido Aprista. Founded (1924) by Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre…
