DER AMAZONAS, Schütz-Holzhausen. Wanderings in Amazon River Countries1883 1stEd

Description: DER AMAZONAS, Schütz-Holzhausen. Wanderings in Amazon River Countries1883 1stEd DER AMAZONAS Wanderbilder aus Peru, Bolivia und Nordbrasilien. [The Amazon. Travel pictures from Peru, Bolivia and northern Brazil] von Damian Freiher Von Schütz-Holzhausen Illustrierte Bibliothek der Länder- und Völkerkunde Freiburg im Breisgau, Herder, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Richly illustrated publisher’s cloth, octavo, 243 pages., 31 wood engravings and 10 plates. In German. The author’s adventures and wanderings in the Amazon regions of Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. Kuno Damian Freiherr von Schütz-Holzhausen (born February 15, 1825 in Camberg in the Duchy of Nassau , † June 23, 1883 in Bensheim ) was a German colonist in Peru. Schütz studied forestry at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg .] After visiting Texas in 1846 he became in 1848 deputy of the estates of the Duchy of Nassau. After many treks through California and Mexico , Schütz came to Peru in 1852, where he joined an expedition to explore the upper Marañón. In 1855, the Peruvian government under President Ramón Castilla approached Schützregarding a project in which 10,000 Germans were to emigrate to Peru within the next few years and settle in Pozuzo on the eastern slope of the Andes, in the area of the upper Amazon. In the course of the following year Schütz-Holzhausen campaigned in the Rhineland, on the Mosel and in the Tyrol to recruit about 300 immigrants willing to willing to work in construction of a railway from Lima to the Amazon. Peru wanted a connection between the Atlantic and the Pacific that would make the capital Lima an economic center. After long delays and many losses, the colony of 170 settlers at Pozuzo finally came into being in 1859. In 1865 Schütz-Holzhausen returned to Germany. In the 1850s, Peruvian President Ramón Castilla proposed to build a railroad from the capital city of Lima, across the Andes Mountains, and onward to the navigable rivers of the Amazon Basin. Part of the plan (the only part realized) was to import German and Austrian Catholics to settle on the eastern slopes of the Andes and in the tropical rainforests of the Amazon region, then populated only by indigenous people. In 1855, the Peruvian leader signed an agreement with German traveler Kuno Damian von Schütz-Holzhausen to recruit 10,000 Germans and Austrians to emigrate to Peru and establish colonies on the eastern flanks of the Andes. The Peruvian government agreed to pay the cost of the passage from Europe to Peru of the emigrants and the cost of transporting them overland to Pozuzo and other areas designated for their settlement. On arrival in Pozuzo, each family would receive 40 hectares (99 acres) of farmland. Single men would receive 24 hectares (59 acres). Schütz traveled to Germany in 1856 to recruit settlers and assembled a group of 302 persons, about 200 from the Tyrol and 100 from Moselle and Prussia. Among the colonists were two Roman Catholic priests, one of whom was José Egg, a leader among the colonists. Most of the colonists were poor peasants and artisans with large families. They group departed Antwerp on the sailing ship Norton on 26 March 1857 and arrived in the port of Callao, Peru on 8 August 1857. On arrival Schütz found that the Peruvian government had done little to prepare for the arrival of the colonists and their transportation to Pozuzo. The colonists undertook a difficult journey on foot and mule to reach Pozuzo, starting from the port of Huacho, reaching an elevation of more than 4,700 metres (15,400 ft) crossing the Andes, to Cerro de Pasco, onward to Acobamba (Ambo), and, constructing the road enroute, to Pozuzo. The town was established in 1859 by 172 of the original 302 colonists who had departed Europe together. Many had deserted en route or had died or been killed during the journey. One of the early decisions of the colonists was to separate the land allocated to the Prussians and the Tyroleans. The Prussians settled 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Pozuzo and established the village of Prusia; the Tyroleans established the village of Pozuzo. Pozuzo was one of the few German colonies in the Amazon basin of Peru in the 19th century which survived and prospered. By 1889, Pozuzo had a population of 565 persons, nearly all of them farmers. Among a variety of crops grown the most important commercial crops were tobacco, coffee, coca, and rice. In 1891, colonists from Pozuzo founded the town of Oxapampa, which quickly eclipsed Pozuzo in population, and in 1928 found the town of Villa Rica, a coffee growing area. Over the years the Germanic heritage of the people of Pozuzo has become diluted by intermarriage and in-migration from the Andes and the local indigenous people. In 2005, only about 15 percent of the population of about 4,000 in Pozuzo district claimed to have German heritage. In the same year, the first non-Germanic mayor of the town was elected, a man with an Andean heritage. CONDITION: Very Good Ex theological seminary library copy. (Small library stamp on title page, small stamp and label on copyright page, remnants of removed pocket on rear pastedown. Covers have light wear at spine ends and corners, very small tears at top of spine, rubbing of fabric at spine joints. Light foxing spots on a few preliminary pages. Contents are complete and intact. Tight binding.) Check our other auctions and store listings for additional unusual items Check our other auctions and store listings for additional unusual items Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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