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The Republic of Peru, formerly the most important of the Spanish Vieeroyalties in South America, issued its declaration of independence on July 28, 1821; hut it was not till after a war, protracted till 1824, that the country gained its actual freedom from Spanish rule.
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Books of Reference
Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Peru: 1. Official Publications.
Statistical Abstract of Peru. Annual. Lima.
The publications of the various Government Departments.
Department of Overseas Trade Reports. Annual. London.
Peru-Bolivia Boundary Commission, 3911-1913. Reports of the British Officers of the Peruvian Commission, Diplomatic Memoranda, and Maps of the Boundary Zone. Edited for the Government of Peru by the Royal Geographical Society of London. London, 1916.
2. Non-Official Publications.
Guia Lascano. (Commercial Directory.) Lima, 1927.
Akers (C. E.), A History of South America. London, 1931.
Ayala (Quamau Poma de), Nueva coronica y buen gobierno. Paris, 1936.
Bowman (I.), The Andes of Southern Peru. New York, 1916.
Bürger (Dr. O.), Peru. Leipzig, 1923.
Cisneros (G. B.), and Garcia (R. E.), El Peru en Europa. Lima, 1900.
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Dell (A.), Llama Land: East and West of the Andes in Peru. London, 1927.
Dennis (W. J.), Tacna and Arica: an Account of the Chile-Peru Boundary Dispute and of the Arbitrations by the United States. Yale University, 1931.
Dunn (W. E.), Peru: a Commercial and Industrial Handbook. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1925.
Enoch (C. R.), Peru London, 1925.
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Johnson (G. R.), and Platt (Raye R.), Peru from the Air. New York, 1930.
Lavalle (J. A.), De Agronomia Nacional. Lima, 1918.
— Los caracteres agrológìcos de las tierras cultivadas en la costa del Péru, Lima, 1918.
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Means (P. A.), Ancient Civilizations of the Andes. New York, 1931.
— Fall of the Inca Empire and the Spanish Rule in Peru, 1530-1780. New York, 1932.
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Murphy (R. C.), Bird Islands of Peru. London, 1925
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— Constitución del Perú dada por la asamblea nacional de 1919, comentada, anotada y concordada con las leyes plebiscitarias y decretos que tienen fuerza de ley. Leyes orgánicas, decretos, reglamentos y resoluciones referentes a ellas hasta 1922. Lima, 1922.
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René-Moreno (G.), Ultimos Dias Coloniales en el Alto Peru, 1807-1808. Santiago de Chile, 1896-98.
Ritchie (J.), Peru; In ‘The West Coast Republics of South America,’ London, 1930.
Riva-Aguero (Jose), La Historia en e Péru. Lima, 1910.
Seebee (F.), Travelling Impressions in and Notes on Peru. 2nd ed, London, 1905.
Squier (E. G.), Peru: Incidents of Travels and Exploration in the Land of the Incas, London, 1877.
Steinmann (G.), and others. Geologie von Peru. Maps, Diagrams and Illustrations. Heidelberg, 1929.
Stuart (G. H.), The Governmental System of Peru. Washington, 1926.
Drteago (H.), Collección de historiadores clásicos del Péru. Vol. 1. Lima, 1918.
Verrill (A. Hyatt), Under Peruvian Skies. London, 1931.
Vivian (E. C.), Peru. London, 1914.
Weisse (Carlos), Las civilizaciones primitivas del Péru. Lima, 1913.
Wright (Marie Robinson), The Old and New Peru. Philadelphia and London, 1909.
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Epstein, M. (1938). Peru.. In: Epstein, M. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270671_62
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