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ANCON , a small See also:

VILLAGE

village and bathing-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

Peru, 22 M. N. of See also:

LIMA

Lima by See also:

RAIL

rail. The See also:

BAY

bay is formed by two projecting headlands and is one of the best on the coast. It has a gently sloping See also:

BEACH

beach of See also:

FINE

fine See also:

sand and has been a popular bathing-place since the See also:

time of See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

BALTA

Balta, although the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country behind it is arid and absolutely barren. At some time previous to the See also:

DISCOVERY

discovery of See also:

AMERICA

America, Ancon had a large aboriginal See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population. Traces of terraces on the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern headland can still be seen, and the sand-covered hills and slopes overlooking the bay contain extensive See also:

BURIAL

burial-grounds which were systematic-ally explored in 1875 by Messrs W. Reiss and A. Stubel (see Reiss and Stifbei's The See also:

NECROPOLIS

Necropolis of Ancon in Peru, translated by A. H. See also:

KEANE, JOHN JOSEPH (1839– )

Keane, 3 vols., See also:

Berlin, 188o-1887). In See also:

MODERN

modern times Ancon has been the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of several important See also:

HISTORICAL

historical events. Its anchorage was used by See also:

Lord Cochrane in 182o during his attacks on See also:

CALLAO

Callao; it was the landing-place of an invading Chilean See also:

army in 1838; it was bombarded by the Chileans in 188o; and in 1883 it was the See also:

MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting-place of the Chilean and Peruvian commissioners who See also:

drew up the treaty of Ancon, which ended the See also:

war between See also:

CHILE, or CHILI (derived, it is said, from the Quichua chin , cold, or tchili, snow)

Chile and Peru.

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