ROUTE MAP OF 

 THE PERUVIAN EXPEDITION OF 1912 



UNDER THE AUSPICES OF 



YAJ^E UNIVERSITY & THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



HIRAM BINGHAM, DIRECTOR 



MAP OF REGION EXPIvORED BY YAEE-NATlONAE GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY EXPEDITION 



The dotted lines indicate the routes taken by various members of the expedition and 

 show how thoroughly the country was covered during 1912. The shaded areas indicate the 

 extent of the careful topographical surveys. The black spot on the little map of South 

 America in the corner indicates the location and extent of the route map. 



on the mountain of Huayna Picchu, As- 

 sistant Topographer Heald was so un- 

 fortunate as to lose his foothold on the 

 verge of a precipice, and had a very 

 narrow escape from death. This acci- 

 dent resulted in a rupture of the liga- 

 ments of his collar-bone, which later in- 

 capacitated him for some time and pre- 

 vented his accomplishing the reconnais- 

 sance work in the Pampaconas Valley 

 which had been planned. 



Assistant Bestor had the misfortune 

 to contract amoebic dysentery while on 

 a journey in the interior. Very proba- 

 bly he was infected by drinking unboiled 

 water from the Apurimac River at 

 Pasaje. His condition failed to improve 

 after seven weeks of treatment, and he 



was obliged to return to the United 

 States. He was kindly received at 

 Ancon Hospital, and was there put on 

 the road to complete recovery. 



We found an epidemic of smallpox 

 and typhoid fever raging in the towns 

 of Anna, Puquiura, and Lucma. These 

 towns of 150 to 200 inhabitants had had 

 a death toll of 40 and 50 people each. 



There was very little opportunity for 

 medical work among the native Indians, 

 but the more educated Peruvians were 

 extremely glad to come to the free 

 clinics. 



There are no physicians in most of 

 the villages of the interior ; consequently 

 the owners of the large plantations have 

 to rely entirely on their own efforts at 



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