Narrative of a Journey Across the Cordillera of the Andes: And of a Residence in Lima, and Other Parts of Peru, in the Years 1823 and 1824 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Narrative of a Journey Across the Cordillera of the Andes: And of a Residence in Lima, and Other Parts of Peru, in the Years 1823 and 1824

Its imperfections an apology is perhaps due, if indeed he ought not to provide himself with an excuse for making a book at all, considering his ignorance of the art. A few unimportant errors have crept in, be cause the author was unable to superin tend the passage of the sheets through the press, and for these the printer is in no way.

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Excerpt from Narrative of a Journey Across the Cordillera of the Andes: And of a Residence in Lima, and Other Parts of Peru, in the Years 1823 and 1824

A few unimportant errors have crept in, because the author was unable to superintend the passage of the sheets through the press, and for these the printer is in no way responsible.

In order to account in some degree for the decided manner in which the author speaks of the conduct and character of most of the individuals who have signalised themselves in South America, it may be proper to state, that as agent to the contractor for the Peruvian loan, he was brought into connexion with them, and had frequent opportunities of seeing and knowing them. Many public events, to which he has had occasion to refer, have been misunderstood in this country, and these he has endeavoured to present in their true light.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.