Lima Essays

In 1746, an 8.5 earthquake struck about 50 miles north of Lima Peru, devastating the city. The earthquake then caused a tsunami that would destroy the port city Callao half an hour later. Many lives were lost, some to being crushed under the rubble of adobe buildings they lived in, some to the flooding, and some to the subsequent fallout of disease and hazardous living conditions. The loss of life totaled into the thousands. Charles Walker’s Shaky Colonialism, published in 2008, uses these natural

born in Lima, Peru in 1279. He is the patron saint of mixed racial harmony. When he was born his father was a rich Spanish conquistador that left because St. Martin de Porres was born with dark skin. He grew up in poverty with his mother until he wanted to follow God. When he tried to enter religious orders he was rejected because of racial laws. He died November 3rd 1639 of high fever (“Saint Martin de Porres”). In St. Martin de Porres early life he lived with his mother and sister in Lima, Peru

No trip to Lima, Peru is complete without partaking in the rich and varied dining experiences this city offers. Regularly receiving accolades on the World's 50 Best Restaurants lists each year, Peruvian restaurants provide a feast for the palate unlike any other. Mouthwatering, delectable cuisine coupled with warm, modern atmospheres mark these five best restaurants of which food connoisseurs are sure to rave. Central Restaurante The flagship restaurant of Chef Virgilio Martinez, Central Restaurante

another exploration and get more money so he could get more than he did. Going with his friend made it easier to pay for and it helped having someone who has knowledge on exploring too. When Almagro and Pizarro founded Peru from their exploration, Lima is founded in 1533 as the capital of Peru. These explorations were the highlight of Pizarro’s career, and this was how the people of Spain really learned his

The Last Days of the Incas details the story of the rise of the Incan empire to Francisco Pizzaro’s aftermath of a bloody civil war, and the recent discovery of the lost guerrilla capital of the Incas, Vilcabamba, by three American explorers. In 1532, the fifty-four-year-old Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru. Unbeknownst to the Spaniards, the Inca rulers of Peru had just fought a bloody civil war in which emperor Atahualpa

Recently a new trend has been spreading throughout grocery stores, Pizarro flavored pizarolls, these are specially made in spain and shipped to Peru where they are considered to be destroying Peruvian cuisine and blamed for the growth in spanish culinary influence in the region. But all jokes aside Francisco Pizarro has performed some of the most horrific acts in South American history, born in Trujillo Spain to a poor mother and little education growing up illiterate. Francisco Pizarro was responsible

Francisco Pizarro created a dark reality for the Incan race when he killed as many Peruvian natives as he could during his conquest in South America. In the sixteenth century Pizarro confidently conquered the Incan empire. He took control of it by murdering its emperor, Atahualpa. The empire of the Incans expanded from all corners of Peru. The civilization was organized and well developed by the inhabitants. Such a sight was an unusual one for Spaniards during the time. All their previous years of

Background Information Peru was a military-ruled country for 12 years from 1968 through 1980, and then changed to a democracy; however, the country continued to experience an economic turmoil. The weather, epidemic of El Nino in the 1980’s caused severe economic problems in Peru such as widespread flooding in parts of the country as well as harsh droughts in the other parts of the country. The natural disasters took their toll on the country, causing a decrease in production, wages, and unemployment

A major event in my interviewee Emigrio Fernandez’s country of Peru, when he was 18 was the rise of the Shining Path. The group was founded in 1970 by a man named Abimael Guzmán. The group wanted to “restore the pure ideology… adopted China’s Cultural Revolution as a model for their own revolutionary movement.” (Britannica). They wanted to start a revolution within Peru using the poor people of Peru. They preached their ideology to the people to rise against the rich and fight. They started to act

Lima, Peru: “Where All Arts Merge” Along with its beautiful scenery, Lima, Peru is home to many different cultures. The wide variety of cultures living in Lima helps the arts flourish, making them a big part of what Lima is portrayed to be. From its founding as a crucial spanish turning point, Lima, Peru is now heavily inspired by the arts including music and architecture and is also home to many different people from a variety of different cultures. Peru is an extremely large and extremely diverse

Today is the day that Lima McShady becomes king. Lima had dreamed of becoming king since he could speak. Lima McShady was the perfect king. He had flowing blond hair and he had the perfect body. Lima also carried the greatest sword in the Kingdom, and had the most elegant armor of all the knights. Although, his appearance fools everyone into liking him. Inside, he is a gruesome beast. McShady has worse manners than a dog, and he is so rude that he beheads anyone who looks at him wrong. The ceremony

In this lab experiment the effects of plant growth and the pattern of plant growth in a lima bean plant had been eye opening. Using different liquids had a different outcome on each plant. the different types of nutrients and PH level in each liquid played various roles in the development and growth of each plant. the plant that had been exposed to sprite and milk showed a effective growth and decay starting from day 5. An incredible 3.2 cms was the growth for the plant which was exposed

We hear the word romance and instinctively, we think about love, passion, marriage, and women. In his essay “Mexicans, Foundational Fictions, and the United States: Caballero, a Late Border Romance,” Jose E. Limón describes how the novel Caballero exemplifies different aspects of the historical romance genre, including the idea that the marriages presented in the novel between American men and Mexican señoritas can be seen as a “consolidation of the groups they semi-allegorically represent” (Limón

Lima, the capital of Peru, has the worst air pollution in Latin American. AQI reports the city being in the high moderate zones on average days and according to the World Health Organization, “air pollution is Lima residents’ second biggest concern…where the average level of micrograms is 38 for PM 2.5 and less than 10 micrograms of fine particles qualifies as clean air” (World Health Organization, 2014). Old motorized vehicles, factories, and huge piles of unmaintained garbage are some of the

covers nearly 150 square miles in total; Lima, Peru is over six times that size. Many people wonder how they could be similar at all, and they are correct to wonder. The two most well-known Peruvian cities are different in innumerable ways. Cusco used to be the center of the Incan Empire and is filled with ancient ruins overflowing with history, while Lima’s parks and street art are beautiful examples of modern art and pull dozens of different cultures together. Lima and Cusco differ in an infinite number

beetle was born and raised within a laboratory on Mung beans. Materials: 20 whole large and small lima beans were used in this experiment as well as two petri dishes. An aspirator was used to suck each Callosobruchus maculatus out of the large plastic tube in order to insert each of them into the petri dishes. Procedure: In order to carry out this experiment two different sized lima beans were needed. Two plastic containers that have plastic dividers were utilized to split the container

is Rose of Lima. She was a woman who dedicates her time to the poor in Peru. She was very devoted to Jesus and her behavior was like an angel. Actually, she is a symbol of

still left in the garden, and then the boy sold them all.” I chose this because it shows that all the other crops were already picked and sold, traded, or eaten. The second picture I chose to describe is the one that shows the lima beans. I chose this picture because the lima beans are what sparked the whole garden. The garden all started because Kim wanted

concentration and this was found through testing three different species/sizes of beans with a Carbon Dioxide sensor. The original hypothesis was not supported which could be because of a possible faulty sensor or even due to the fact that only 9 grams of lima beans were tested instead of 10 grams like the others. Introduction: Cellular Respiration refers to the biochemical pathway by which cells release energy from the comical bonds and provide energy for the essential processes of life. (Enger and Ross

I, Diego Almagro 11 was a Spanish conqueror from Peru. I was born in 1485 from Almagro, Ciudad ReaI set out with my dad Diego Almagro and his partner Francisco Pizarro. We set out to Peru in 1514 to take over the Incan Empire. Francisco and Diego, my dad, led the expedition with many other crew members. We packed the necessities we needed for our trip, not knowing how long we would be gone. We packed food, drinks, clothing, and any other important things that would be mandatory to need on a long