CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
From the portrait in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The gift of Mr. Pierpont Morgan.
The painting bears the words "Sebastian Venetus, fecit 1519".
A. Rischgitz.

THE MAKING OF THE NATIONS

SOUTH AMERICA

BY

W.H. KOEBEL

AUTHOR OF "SOUTH AMERICA" IN BLACK'S SERIES OF COLOUR BOOKS, "MODERNARGENTINA," "MODERN CHILE," ETC.

WITH THIRTY-TWO FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS, ETC., AND MAPSAND PLANS IN THE TEXT

ADAM & CHARLES BLACK
LONDON                  MCMXIII

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PREFACE

The history of a continent such as South America, confined to the limitsof a single volume of moderate size, must of necessity contain someelements of mere survey. Nevertheless, since in no other but a condensedform could the respective strides achieved by the various nations ofthis continent be satisfactorily judged and compared, the author isencouraged to hope that this small work may fill in one of the mostobvious of the many gaps in the English versions of South Americanhistory. He has endeavoured to lay stress on the trend of theauthorities and peoples in question rather than to emphasize the rigidsuccession of Governors and Presidents. In the same way, since space hashad to be considered, it was thought desirable to introduce at anylength only those personalities notable for their actions and intrinsicinfluence, leaving in the background those others whose only claim tothe interest of posterity lies in the weight of the office they held.

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