60

ATAHUALPA 65

SUGAR-MAKING 69

BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS 76

FRANCISCO PIZARRO 80

SECTIONS OF A SLAVE-SHIP 85

OLINDA DE PERNAMBUCO 92

FERDINAND MAGELLAN 101

DUTCH VESSELS SAILING THROUGH THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN 108

DUTCH AND SPANISH VESSELS ENGAGED OFF CALLAO 116

ACAPULCO 125

AN ISLAND PASSAGE OF THE RIVER AMAZON 144

POTOSI 149

BRITISH WARSHIPS UNDER ANSON'S COMMAND PLUNDERING PAYTA 156

SIMON BOLIVAR 164

DON FRANCISCO SOLANO LOPEZ 173

PEDRO I., EMPEROR OF BRAZIL 193

THE OPENING OF THE SENATE HOUSE, RIO DE JANEIRO 196

PALACE AND GREAT SQUARE IN RIO DE JANEIRO 205

PEDRO II., EMPEROR OF BRAZIL 208

THOMAS, TENTH EARL OF DUNDONALD, G.C.B. 261

BERNARDO O'HIGGINS 268

STATUE OF GENERAL MANUEL BELGRANO 277

BRIGADIER-GENERAL BARTOLOME MITRE 284

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MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, SHOWING THE DISTRICTS OF THE
ABORIGINAL TRIBES AT THE TIME OF THE SPANISH CONQUEST 9

A PERUVIAN CASSE-TETE AND A PIPE OF PEACE 50

THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN, CUZCO 53

INDIAN HUTS ON THE RIVER CHIPURANA 54

THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN, AS KNOWN AT THE TIME OF CORDOVA'S
VOYAGE 91

PEASANTS OF ST. MICHAEL PROCEEDING TO DEL GADO 158

ARMS OF THE EMPIRE OF BRAZIL 192

ARMS OF UNITED KINGDOMS OF PORTUGAL, THE ALGARVES, AND
BRAZIL 192

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, RIO DE JANEIRO 197

SKETCH-MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA 293

SOUTH AMERICA

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