Amazon 8, 10, 12, 26, 39, 41, 51, 56, 230, 232–233, 252, 257, 276
Andes 2–4, 8, 11–12, 16–17, 23, 51, 56, 112, 134, 143, 160, 167, 186, 197, 230, 233, 252, 263
architecture 12, 21, 23, 30, 179, 188, 208, 2 18, 222, 272
Arroyo del Río, Carlos 39
art 3, 12, 70, 84, 188–190, 197, 208, 210, 217, 221–222, 228
Bolívar, Simón 32–35, 206, 221, 253
business 3, 58, 78–83, 90, 104, 112–113, 120, 129, 145, 192, 202, 210, 226, 250, 262, 264, 267, 271–273
Catholicism 24, 28, 30, 36–37, 69, 202
Catholic 37, 69, 70, 151, 182, 188, 198–199, 217, 277, 279
Chancas 22
colonial 12, 18, 21, 26, 28–29, 34, 51–53, 94, 166, 179, 188, 198, 208–209, 211, 217, 220
conquistadors 23, 26, 30, 69, 188, 205
Cotopaxi 10–11, 17–18, 40, 53, 116, 134, 142, 148, 212, 230–233, 249, 263–265, 277
Cuenca 11, 16, 28, 36, 64, 116, 123, 141, 174, 194, 206–207, 210, 216–219, 227, 230, 234, 244, 249, 259, 278
de Sucre, Antonio José 34, 211
dollarisation 43
domestic helpers 53
El Niño 10, 134, 140, 141, 143, 148, 257
Esmeraldas 8, 19, 24, 53–54, 57, 116, 123, 141, 147–148, 198, 214, 230, 238, 249, 258, 262, 277
export 3, 20, 106, 121, 256–257, 259, 261–262, 264
Galápagos Islands 8, 10, 13–15, 19–20, 111, 123, 142, 230
Guayaquil 4, 9–10, 14, 16, 18–9, 25, 27–41, 52, 58–59, 60, 71–72, 86–90, 93–96, 102–107, 111, 113–117, 123-127, 130–136, 140, 152, 155, 165–168, 173–175, 181, 183–184, 190, 199, 201, 203–207, 210, 219–225, 234, 238–240, 249, 259, 267, 269–272, 278
Guayas 8–9, 34, 106–107, 116–117, 126, 139, 141, 148, 173, 203, 221, 234, 272, 275, 277
Inca 22, 25, 65, 94, 106, 217–218, 233, 251
indigenous 23, 28, 37, 41–45, 47–48, 53, 55–56, 69, 77, 157, 160, 165–167, 183, 188, 190, 192, 199, 208, 226–227, 243, 250, 258
Latacunga 163, 165, 190, 227, 232, 249
medical 32, 70, 100, 128, 138, 142–143, 152–155, 189
mestizo 189
Montalvo, Juan 182
mosquito 87, 140–141, 147, 220
oil 9, 41, 43, 47, 51–52, 56, 67, 107, 167, 184, 208, 256–259, 261
Olmedo, José Joaquín 183
Peru 8, 10, 22, 25, 28, 32–42, 50–51, 133, 200, 203, 235, 251, 253, 272, 276
police 72, 85–86, 103, 107–108, 116, 124–125, 129, 269
poverty 26, 51, 60, 69, 192, 266
Quichua 13, 23, 56, 190, 235, 243, 249, 250–252
Quito 2–4, 11–12, 22, 25–41, 52, 54, 58, 60, 67, 71, 79, 90, 93–108, 111, 113, 115–118, 122–143, 155, 172–175, 179–183, 188–190, 192–193, 196, 203–215, 219, 227–228, 231–238, 245, 249, 252–254, 267, 269, 271–275, 280
religion 22–23, 37–38, 48, 69, 182, 188
shark’s fin 19
Sierra 3, 8–12, 16, 18, 22, 34–37, 40, 47, 51–52, 56, 69, 73, 79, 83, 90, 141, 159, 160, 165, 170, 184, 191, 200, 203, 215, 217, 220, 228, 244–246, 249–250, 263, 265, 280
Spain 26–30, 32, 35, 58–59, 63, 69, 183, 201, 221, 239, 243
tagua ivory 194
tax 23, 29, 35, 96, 122, 219, 257
transportation 51, 130–134, 152, 208, 232, 264
Tungurahua 10, 116, 203, 233, 235, 277, 278
wool 113
Zamora 28, 116, 139, 142, 148, 277
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