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John Preston Moore
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Emeritus Professor of History, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Author of The Cabildo in Peru Under the Bourbons and others.

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Flag of Peru with three vertical stripes, red on each side and white in the center, and a central coat of arms featuring a vicuña, cinchona tree, and cornucopia.
Peru, country in western South America. Except for the Lake Titicaca basin in the southeast, its borders lie in sparsely populated zones. The boundaries with Colombia to the northeast and Brazil to the east traverse lower ranges or tropical forests, whereas the borders with Bolivia to the…
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