Lands of the Andes and the Desert

Frank G. Carpenter (1855 - 1924)

Another volume in Carpenter's lengthy series of his travels around the world in the early 20th century.

This volume covers specific countries of South America: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. (Summary by Betty B)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): religion (733), economics (54), peru (10), cities (5), Ecuador (4), population (2), columbia (2), south american culture (1), bolivia (1)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Introducing a Continent BettyB
00:09:55
Play 02 From Panama to the Equator BettyB
00:19:20
Play 03 A Modern Cave of Aladdin BettyB
00:11:51
Play 04 Guayaquil BettyB
00:17:51
Play 05 A Land of Cacao BettyB
00:17:41
Play 06 The Capital of Ecuador BettyB
00:15:26
Play 07 The Head-Hunting Jivaros BettyB
00:17:08
Play 08 Down the Desert Coast Of Peru BettyB
00:20:10
Play 09 The City of Pizarro BettyB
00:16:25
Play 10 In the Shops and Markets of Lima BettyB
00:16:53
Play 11 On the World's Highest Railroad BettyB
00:20:49
Play 12 Cerro de Pasco BettyB
00:15:09
Play 13 American Industry in the Heart of Peru BettyB
00:11:55
Play 14 By Roller Coaster Down the Andes BettyB
00:11:19
Play 15 Arequipa, City of the Stars BettyB
00:15:35
Play 16 Farming in the Land of the Sky BettyB
00:15:34
Play 17 The Ancient Capital of the Incas BettyB
00:18:40
Play 18 The Cuzco of Today BettyB
00:16:41
Play 19 Stories of Buried Treasure BettyB
00:16:36
Play 20 Slaves of Alcohol and Cocaine BettyB
00:22:22
Play 21 On Lake Titicaca BettyB
00:14:00
Play 22 The Tibet of South America BettyB
00:14:53
Play 23 Sunday in La Paz BettyB
00:20:50
Play 24 The First City in America BettyB
00:17:01
Play 25 The Aymara Indians BettyB
00:15:45
Play 26 From La Paz to Oruro BettyB
00:14:32
Play 27 The Great Tin Mines BettyB
00:20:38
Play 28 Downspouts of the Plateau BettyB
00:21:17
Play 29 The Backwoods of Bolivia BettyB
00:15:15