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Garay, Juan de

(Encyclopedia) Garay, Juan deGaray, Juan dehwän dā gärīˈ [key], c.1528–1583, Spanish conquistador, refounder of Buenos Aires. He went to Peru (1544) in the train of the first viceroy, Blasco Núñez…

World's First Skyjacking

The Question: When did the first case of hijacking occur? The Answer: We assume you're wondering about airplanes. In that case, the more…

South America

Argentina Juan Facundo Quiroga, Argentine caudillo (1790–1835) Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Argentine general, supreme director of the United Provinces of La Plata (1816–19) Bernardino Rivadavia,…

Cusco

(Encyclopedia) Cusco, Peru: see Cuzco.

Saqsaywaman

(Encyclopedia) Saqsaywaman, Peru: see Sacsahuamán.

Yavarí

(Encyclopedia) Yavarí, river, Peru: see Javari.

Ica

(Encyclopedia) Ica Ica ēˈkä [key], city, capital of Ica region, SW Peru, on the Pan-American Highway. It is a…

Piura

(Encyclopedia) PiuraPiurapy&oomacr;ˈrä [key], city (1993 pop. 199,484), capital of Piura dept., NW Peru, in the irrigated Piura valley of the Peruvian coastal desert. It is the commercial center…

Carvajal, Francisco de

(Encyclopedia) Carvajal, Francisco deCarvajal, Francisco defränthēsˈkō dā kärvähälˈ [key], 1464?–1548, Spanish conquistador. For 40 years he fought in European wars before going to Mexico and…

Chincha

(Encyclopedia) Chincha, ancient empire of Peru: see Ica.