Word: bolivia
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...built for the observers, at considerable expense. The expedition has been received very kindly by the people there and Mr. Mac Cord, superintendent of the Mollendo Railway, offered them the use of his home during the erection of the stone-house. Through the assistance of the American Minister of Bolivia, Mr. Anderson, an expedition of much archaeological interest, was made to Tiahuanuco and the sacred islands of the Incas on Lake Titicaca. A trip was also made to the summit of El Misti, a nearly extinct volcano, some nineteen thousand feet in height...