| History: Peru |
| This pathfinder contains electronic resources on the history of Peru which includes timelines, chronologies, biographical dictionaries, and auxiliary studies. For information about additional historical resources at the Library of Congress, consult its online catalog (http://catalog.loc.gov). The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning Peruvian history is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 130 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. The Handbook is available in selected libraries in book form.
One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects relating to Peruvian history is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/peru/).
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| ANDEAN HISTORY (http://www.ddg.com/LIS/aurelia/andhis.htm) |
| This Web site called "A Guide to Andean History" provides a brief history of the region. The site includes an introduction to the aboriginal societies of South America, the Inca Empire, the Colonial Andes, and the new republics of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. In English. |
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| BREVE HISTORIA DE UN LARGO CONFLICTO: PERU-ECUADOR (http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/9292/) |
| One of the best online resources about the long territorial conflict between Peru and Ecuador. This site explores the historical, economic and political causes of the conflict. It also provides an objective point of view of the conflict by including links to similar sites published by private and government organizations in both Peru and Ecuador. In Spanish. |
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| COLONIAL LIMA ACCORDING TO JORGE JUAN AND ANTONIO DE ULLOA (http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=113) |
| This document from "A voyage to South America" (1748) by Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa discusses family, race, ethnicity and social classes in colonial Lima. In English. |
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| CULTURA PERUANA (http://www.magicperu.com/atlas/default.htm) |
| A Web site that includes biographical information on Peru's important historical and cultural figures: Pachacútec, Túpac Yupanqui, Atahualpa, Francisco Pizarro, Francisco de Toledo, Santo Toribio, Santa Rosa de Lima, San Martín de Porras, Garcilaso de la Vega, Guaman Poma, Pedro de Peralta, Túpac Amaru, Viscardo y Guzmán, Hipólito Unanue, José Olaya, María Parado de Bellido, José de San Martín and Simón Bolívar. This excellent Web site is courtesy of Magic Peru and the Muxica Editors E.I.R.L. In Spanish. |
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| EARLY PERUVIAN RECORDED DAILY LIFE UNDER THE RULE OF SPANISH CONQUISTADORS (http://muweb.millersville.edu/%7Ecolumbus/data/art/ADORNO01.ART) |
| Features "Early Peruvian Recorded Daily Life Under the Rule of Spanish Conquistadors," an article written by Rolena Adorno that originally appeared in the Spring 1990 issue of "The New World." The article is provided online as part of the Computerized Information Retrieval System (CIRS) on Columbus and the Age of Discovery by Millersville University of Pennsylvania. In English. |
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| GRAN ALMIRANTE DON MIGUEL GRAU SEMINARIO (http://www.unp.edu.pe/piura/grau/grau.html) |
| A short biography of Peruvian hero Miguel Grau. He was the admiral of Huáscar, the only surviving Peruvian military ship that defied the whole Chilean fleet during the War of the Pacific. Also includes information about the house museum that was named after him. This small Web site also includes a list of links to sites with similar content. In Spanish. |
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| GRANDES BATALLAS MILITARES DEL PERU (http://victorian.fortunecity.com/literary/801/) |
| This Web site includes a description of the most important battles carried out by the Peruvian Army and Navy during the War of the Pacific. At the end of this small page there are links to other pages which are categorized by the names of the military campaigns: Angamos, Tarapaca, Arica, and the campaign of Breña. In Spanish. |
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| HISTORIA DEL PERU (http://www.america.edu.pe/DondeEstamos/Historia/) |
| The history of Peru in chronological sequence. The complete site content is available in the section called "Lista de Páginas" (List of Pages). This Web site includes information about important historical events from the Era of Hunting Animales (2000-8000 B.C.) to the section about the conflict with Ecuador in 1996. The site was created by the students of the Colegio América. In Spanish. |
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| HISTORIA: PROCESO DE LA INDEPENDENCIA DEL PERU (http://www.civila.com/peru/vigil/indepe.htm) |
| A one page Web site of Peruvian history which discusses an important chapter of the country's history, the Independence of Peru. The Battle of Ayacucho sealed the independence of Peru and South America since Peru was the last Spanish stronghold in this part of the continent. In Spanish. |
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| HISTORIC CENTRE OF LIMA (http://www.unesco.org/whc/sites/500.htm) |
| Although severely damaged by earthquakes in 1940, 1966, 1970 and 1974, this "City of Kings" was, until the middle of the 18th century, the capital and most important city of the Spanish dominions in South America. This site provides information on the historic center of Lima, a World Heritage site since 1988. In English. |
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| HISTORY OF PERU (http://www.emulateme.com/history/peruhist.htm) |
| This Web site includes approximately 30 links from emulateme.com covering the history of Peru in chronological order. In English. |
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| HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU (http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1323) |
| This text can be read following the links in the home page or it can also be downloaded in zip format (compressed). The book is based on documents the author collected in Spain. The majority of the documents come from the archives of the Royal Academy of History in Madrid. The richest portion of this collection is probably that furnished by the papers of Munoz. This eminent scholar, the historiographer of the Indies, employed nearly fifty years of his life in amassing materials for a history of Spanish discovery and conquest in America. In English. |
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| MACHU PICCHU (http://www.angelfire.com/art/incas/ruinas.htm) |
| This Web site contains all types of general information about the history and discovery of Machu Picchu with photographs of that time period. In Spanish. |
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| MANUEL GONZALEZ PRADA: LIMA, 1844-1918 (http://www.evergreen.loyola.edu/%7Etward/GP/) |
| Peruvian writer and political reformer born in Lima. One of the most brilliant figures in Spanish American letters, he was a master of satire. With apostolic zeal he took up the defense of the exploited indigenous people, and in his eloquent essays, speeches, and polemical writings he hurled demolishing broadsides at the landowning oligarchy that had ruled Peru since colonial days. He advocated radical social reform along nationalistic lines and became the mentor of a generation of young radicals. González Prada was also an innovator in poetry, introducing new devices and revitalizing Spanish verse by cultivating unusual forms, such as the triolet, the rondel, and the Malayan pantun. More than nine books of poetry and many editions of his essays were published, a number of them posthumously. This Web site includes his biography, a collection of his prose and poetry, and a bibliography. In Spanish. |
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| PERU (http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/pe.html) |
| A detailed history of the Peruvian flag. In English. |
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| PERU : THE HISTORY (http://www.travelvantage.com/per%5Fhis.html) |
| Brief history of Peru from the Chavin and the Regional periods, the Wari and the Inca Empire, the period of the Regional States, and the conquest. In English. |
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| PERU: CONQUEST OF PARADISE (http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/LaGrangeLn/juliochuquihuara/index.htm) |
| This is site includes a narrative of the Conquest of Peru by Julio Chuquihuara. Introducing the site with a dramatic huaco of a prisoner-of-war tied to a tree, the author presents excellent articles about the history and places of Peru: The Inca Empire (with a map), Conquest of Paradise, the Prize, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Trujillo, Discovery of Sipan, Lake Titicaca, Iquitos, The Amazon River, Pride is First and Fujimori's Use of Force (these last two sections are about the terrorist occupation of the Embassy of Japan). Most of the sections include excellent photographs. In English. |
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| PERU: HISTORY (http://www.ddg.com/LIS/aurelia/perhis.htm) |
| This site features a brief overview of the history of Peru, from the time of the Incas through the 1980s. The information is from a collection of projects completed by Library and Information Science classes at the University of Texas at Austin, provided online by Andrew W. Donoho. In English. |
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| PERUVIAN MILITARY AND NAVAL CAMPAIGNS OF THE 19TH CENTURY (http://members.tripod.co.uk/Juan39/PERUVIAN%5FMILITARY%5FCAMPAIGNS.html) |
| This Web site deals with the Peruvian land and sea campaigns of the 19th century, including the War of the Pacific between Peru and Chile (1879-1883). Also includes photographs and illustrations from the period. In English. |
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| WWW-VL HISTORY: PERU (http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/americas/peru.html) |
| The Peruvian portion of the University of Kansas' World-Wide Web Virtual Library (http://www.vlib.org/); History Central Catalogue (http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/. Includes online maps, reference materials, library and archive links, publishers, biographies, organizations, journals, and chronologies. Also provides a chronology of Peruvian history with appropriate links. Some sites only in English or only in Spanish. |
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