CONTENTS

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[PERU]
I.THE INCA EMPIRE[3]
II.THE SPANISH CONQUEST[20]
III.CIVIL WARS AMONG THE CONQUERORS[41]
IV.THE COLONIAL PERIOD[58]
V.THE WARS OF INDEPENDENCE[74]
VI.FROM INDEPENDENCE TO CHILEAN WAR[98]
VII.THE CHILEAN WAR AND LATTER-DAY PERU[117]

[CHILE]
I.THE SPANISH CONQUEST[135]
II.THE COLONIAL PERIOD[148]
III.THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE[156]
IV.THE FORMATIVE PERIOD[189]
V.CHILE'S GREATNESS AND THE CIVIL WAR[211]

[BOLIVIA]
I.THE CONQUEST AND THE MINES[235]
II.THE COLONIAL SYSTEM AND TUPAC'S REVOLT[248]
III.THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE[255]
IV.BOLIVIA INDEPENDENT[266]

[ECUADOR]
I.THE CARAS[285]
II.THE SPANISH CONQUEST[297]
III.THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE[311]
IV.THE FORMATION OF ECUADOR[320]
V.MODERN ECUADOR[330]

[VENEZUELA]
I.CONQUEST, SETTLEMENT, AND COLONIAL DAYS[347]
II.THE REVOLT[357]
III.MODERN VENEZUELA[384]

[COLOMBIA]
I.CONQUEST AND SETTLEMENT[403]
II.COLONIAL TIMES[419]
III.THE WAR AGAINST SPAIN[430]
IV.MODERN COLOMBIA[446]

[PANAMA]
THE EVENTS LEADING TO INDEPENDENCE[475]

INDEX		[491]