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Narrative and critical history of America (1884)

Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897, Maclean, John, 1851-1928, association, MacLean, Harrison John (autograph) · Boston ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Co. · leaf 274

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the ruins, p. 276, etc. — Ed.] THE INCA CIVILIZATION IN PERU. 217 are 12,930 feet above the level of the sea, and 130 above that of the lake,which is about twelve miles off. They consist of a quadrangular space, en-tered by the famous monolithic doorway, and surrounded by large stonesstanding on… … IMAGE AT TIAHUANACU.* a mile distant, containing stones 36 feet long by 7, and 26 by 16, withrecesses in them which have been compared to seats of judgment. Theweight of the two great stones has been estimated at from 140 to 200 tonseach, and the distance of the quarries whence they could have been…

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