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    guano site, the Chincha Islands, was nearing depletion. This caused guano mining to shift to other islands north and south of the Chincha Islands. Despite...
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  • Islands Gambier Islands Marquesas Rurutu Society Islands Îles du vent (Windward Islands) Îles sous le vent (Leeward Islands) Tuamotus Disappointment Islands...
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  • Horizon, Late Intermediate, Late Horizon (Peru, 200–1534) Huari, Chimú, Chincha, Chanka people, Tiwanaku, Inca Colonial America Baroque (New World, 1600–1750)...
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  • Archipelago  Chile Isla Chincha Centro Chincha Islands  Peru Isla Chincha Norte Chincha Islands  Peru Isla Chincha Sur Chincha Islands  Peru Chios Aegean...
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    Revillagigedo Islands, San Benito Islands and Tres Marías Islands, and Peru's Chincha Islands. Islands in marginal seas of the Pacific were also covered in the...
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  • had decided to invite indentured labourers to collect guano on Peru's Chincha Islands. A fleet of ships spread out over the Pacific, ostensibly to find...
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  • Chan Chan Kingdom 900–1470 AD Cocollán Cocollan Chiefdom 1100–1521 AD Chincha Kingdom Kingdom 900–1450 AD Colhuacan Colhuacan City-state 717–1521 AD...
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  • Aambli ಹುಣಸೆ ಹಣ್ಣು (Hunase Hannu) വാളന്പുളി (Valanpuli/ Mara Puli) चिंच Chincha ତେନ୍ତୁଳି Tentuli Imli සියඹලා Siyambala புளி PuLi చింతపండు(ripe) Chinta...
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    using phosphate rock in the 1890s and 1900s from Tennessee, Florida, and the Îles du Connétable (guano island sources of phosphate); by 1950, they were using...
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    dry, and bird droppings accumulate to great depth, particularly on the Chincha Islands. The guano deposits had great value as fertilizer and played a...
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