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Osborne, Harold

Indians of the Andes; Aymaras and Quechuas

1952

34.78 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1952
Place of printing
London. Routledge & Kegan Paul
Author
Osborne, Harold
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - South America Native Peoples
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xiii, 266, [xii, ads] pp, 30 illustrations from photos on plates, 2 maps, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, clean and fine copy in dj (spine a little darkened and bit chipped at end, not price clipped). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A detailed history of these two indigenous nations, covering Peru and Bolivia. The languages of both groups are spoken widely in the area today, being official languages of those nations. Includes archaeology, Incas, who spoke Quechua, relationship to Spanish, etc, and an interesting appendix on Coca and its uses