more at news.quickfound.net "Historical and modern views of the Peruvian capital." Public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archive, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied. The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and equalization. full article at news.quickfound.net The New York Times, December 31, 1858, p.2: VOYAGE TO SOUTH AMERICA. Arrival in Callao Bay--Appearance of the Country-- The Peruvians and their Troubles with Ecuador--The Steamer Lines, &c. From Our Own Correspondent. CALLAO BAY, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1858. We arrived here this morning at sunrise. After leaving Payta, my last date, an easy day's steaming brought us to San José, the port of Lambayeque. There is no harbor, and in fact scarcely any indentation in the coast line. It is only an open and perilous roadstead. Six vessels lay at anchor, about two miles out. Even whaleboats cannot live in the surf along shore. Rafts made of light timber are employed for landing and embarking all goods, baggage or passengers. These carry a sail, and are manned by six or eight Indians, men of medium height and rather stoutly built. The rafts are dangerous affairs. Sometimes they part asunder. Not long ago as many as 49 persons were drowned in this way. When the surf is too violent for even these rafts to be used, the only means of communicating with ships, from the shore, is to <b>...</b>
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