Markham in Peru: The Travels of Clements R. Markham, 1852-1853 - Softcover

Markham, Clements Robert, Sir; Blanchard, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292751273 ISBN 13: 9780292751279

Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr, 1991

Synopsis

Clements Markham had his own ideas about what his life's work should be. In 1852, Marhkam left his father's choice, the British Navy, and set out for Peru to study the ruins of the Inca empire. His ten-month sojourn in Peru produced this journal, one of the few surviving accounts of Peru at mid-nineteenth century, and launched Markham on a career that led ultimately to the presidency of the Royal Geographical Society. His journal captures Peru in transition from the colonial past to the modern ear. He was one of the first English travelers to visit Cuzco and he also witnessed the waning of slavery on the great cotton and sugar plantations as modern machinery and Chinese coolie labor were introduced. He visited with all classes of society, from the Indian peasants, who still lived much as their Inca ancestors had done, to the Spanish-descended elites, whose Europeanized lifestyle was underwritten by fortunes made in the guano industry. Fascinating!

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0292751273
• ISBN 13: 9780292751279
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 148
• Editor: Blanchard Peter