Andean Storm

Andean Storm
Author: Helen Pugh
Publisher: Helen Pugh
Total Pages: 15
Release:
Genre: History
ISBN: 1005701164

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"Two hundred years after the last Inca ruler (Tupac Amaru) died, a rebellion began to bubble away in Peru"... Micaela Bastidas Puyucawa and her husband, known as Tupac Amaru II, led a huge uprising against the Spanish. Who was Micaela exactly? What was she like? How did the movement end? And what legacy did the couple leave behind? All this and more in 'Andean Storm'.

Andean Storm

Andean Storm
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Total Pages:
Release: 2020
Genre:
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Conquist

Conquist
Author: Dirk Strasser
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2024-08-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1803416106

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Capitán Cristóbal de Varga's drive for glory and gold in 1538 Peru leads him and his army of conquistadors into a New World that refuses to be conquered. He is a man torn by life-long obsessions and knows this is his last campaign. What he doesn't know is that his Incan allies led by the princess Sarpay have their own furtive plans to make sure he never finds the golden city of Vilcabamba. He also doesn't know that Héctor Valiente, the freed African slave he appointed as his lieutenant, has found a portal that will lead them all into a world that will challenge his deepest beliefs. And what he can't possibly know is that this world will trap him in a war between two eternal enemies, leading him to question everything he has devoted his life to - his command, his Incan princess, his honor, his God. In the end, he faces the ultimate dilemma: how is it possible to battle your own obsessions . . . to conquer yourself?

Lightning in the Andes and Mesoamerica

Lightning in the Andes and Mesoamerica
Author: John E. Staller
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2013-02-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0199967768

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Lightning has evoked a numinous response as well as powerful timeless references and symbols among ancient religions throughout the world. Thunder and lightning have also taken on various symbolic manifestations, some representing primary deities, as in the case of Zeus and Jupiter in the Greco/Roman tradition, and Thor in Norse myth. Similarly, lightning veneration played an important role to the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica and Andean South America. Lightning veneration and the religious cults and their associated rituals represent to varying degrees a worship of nature and the forces that shape the natural world. The inter-relatedness of the cultural and natural environment is related to what may be called a widespread cultural perception of the natural world as sacred, a kind of mythic landscape. Comparative analysis of the Andes and Mesoamerica has been a recurring theme recently in part because two of the areas of "high civilization" in the Americas have much in common despite substantial ecological differences, and in part because there is some evidence, of varying quality, that some people had migrated from one area to the other. Lightning in the Andes and Mesoamerica is the first ever study to explore the symbolic elements surrounding lightning in their associated Pre-Columbian religious ideologies. Moreover, it extends its examination to contemporary culture to reveal how cultural perceptions of the sacred, their symbolic representations and ritual practices, and architectural representations in the landscape were conjoined in the ancient past. Ethnographic accounts and ethnohistoric documents provide insights through first-hand accounts that broaden our understanding of levels of syncretism since the European contact. The interdisciplinary research presented herein also provides a basis for tracing back Pre-Columbian manifestations of lightning its associated religious beliefs and ritual practices, as well as its mythological, symbolic, iconographic, and architectural representations to earlier civilizations. This unique study will be of great interest to scholars of Pre-Columbian South and Mesoamerica, and will stimulate future comparative studies by archaeologists and anthropologists.

The Triad

The Triad
Author: William S. Wickenden
Publisher:
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1855
Genre:
ISBN:

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The Andes and the Amazon

The Andes and the Amazon
Author: Charles Reginald Enock
Publisher:
Total Pages: 518
Release: 1912
Genre: Peru
ISBN:

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The Andean Cloud Forest

The Andean Cloud Forest
Author: Randall W. Myster
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2020-11-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030573443

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A book focused solely on Andean Cloud Forests (ACF) has never been published. ACF are high biodiversity ecosystems in the Neotropics with a large proportion of endemic species, and are important for the hydrology of entire regions. They provide water for large parts of the Amazon basin, for example. Here I take advantage of my many years working in ACF in Ecuador, to edit this book that contains the following sections: (1) ACF over space and time, (2) Hydrology, (3) Light and the Carbon cycle, (4) Soil, litter, fungi and nutrient cycling, (5) Plants, (6) Animals, and (7) Human impacts and management. Under this premise, international experts contributed chapters that consist of reviews of what is known about their topic, of what research they have done, and of what needs to be done in the future. This work is suitable for graduate students, professors, scientists, and researcher-oriented managers.

Secrets of the Andes

Secrets of the Andes
Author: James H. Foster
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2023-09-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

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"Secrets of the Andes" by James H. Foster. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

The United States and the Andean Republics

The United States and the Andean Republics
Author: Fredrick B. Pike
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 526
Release: 1977
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780674923003

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Monograph on the role of USA in the present and historical political development of the Andean region - treats the rise of 'corporativism', ie. The protection of traditional culture and social structure from negative outside capitalistic influences, in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, and discusses the effects of race and religion, Marxism, elites, and the CIAP on the formation of political ideology. Maps and references.

The Transient Lake; or, Frank Reade, Jr.'s Adventures in a Mysterious Country

The Transient Lake; or, Frank Reade, Jr.'s Adventures in a Mysterious Country
Author: Luis Senarens
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 109
Release: 2022-09-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Transient Lake; or, Frank Reade, Jr.'s Adventures in a Mysterious Country" by Luis Senarens. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.