Word: mollendo
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...things happened in South American aviation last week (see Map, p. 30): ¶ Pan-American Airways (U. S.) extended U. S. air mail service down the west coast from Mollendo, Peru, to Santiago, Chile, thus completing the longest U. S. air mail route?Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone, to Santiago, 3,900 mi. Scheduled travel time from New York to Santiago is 8 days, against 21 days by boat. Postage per half-ounce is 70¢ from any point...
...first trip, I landed at Mollendo, Peru and then went by way of Lake Titicaca to La Porz, Bolivia. From there I went with a mule outfit across the eastern Andes to East Bolivia where I explored the foothills of the Andes to determine the probable oil resources of that region. Finally I came down into Argentina to the end of the railroad and then went home by way of Buenos Aires...
...unsatisfactory conditions is the University observatory in Arequipa, Peru, it was decided to establish a branch station at San Jose, halfway between Arequipa and the Port of Mollendo of several months...