Word: titicaca
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...School of Natural History on Penikese Island in 1873, and in 1875 was a member of an expedition to the west coast of South America, for the purpose of inspecting the copper mines of Peru and Chile. While there he made a minute examination of the shores of Lake Titicaca, and collected many Peruvian antiquities which he deposited in the Peabody Museum...
...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...