See also:

• ICA (YCA, or ECCA)

ICA (YCA, or ECCA)  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• PERU
• PERU (apparently from Biru, a small river on the west coast of Colombia, where Pizarro landed)

Peru and the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of a See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the same name, 170 M . S.S.E. of See also:

• LIMA

Lima, and 46 m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S.E. of Pisco; its See also:

• PORT

port on the Pacific See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast . Pop . (1906, See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official estimate) 6000 . It lies in a valley of the foothills of the See also:

• CORDILLERA

Cordillera Occidental, which is watered by the Rio de See also:

• ICA (YCA, or ECCA)

Ica, is made highly fertile by See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation, and is filled with See also:

• VINE

vine-yards and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields; between this valley and the coast is a See also:

• DESERT

desert . The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• TOWN

town was founded in 1563, 4 M . E. of its See also:

• PRESENT

present site, but it was destroyed by the See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake of 1571, and again by that of 1664, after which the present town was laid out near the ruins . In 1882 a Chilean marauding expedition inflicted See also:

• GREAT

great damage to private See also:

• PROPERTY

property in the town and vicinity . These repeated disasters give the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place a partially ruined See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, but it has considerable commercial and See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial prosperity . It has' a large cotton factory and there are some smaller See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries . See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

Wine-making is one of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal industries of the valley, and much See also:

• BRANDY

brandy, called pisco, is exported from Pisco . A new See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is that of drying the fruits for which this region is celebrated .

Ica is the seat of a See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college . The department of ICA lies between the Western Cordillera and the Pacific coast, and extends from the department of Lima S.E. to that of See also:

• AREQUIPA

Arequipa . Pop . (1906, official estimate) 68,220; See also:

• AREA

area 8721 sq. m . Ica is in the rainless region of Peru, and the greater See also:

• PART

part of its See also:

• SURFACE

surface is barren . It is crossed by the See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers Pisco, Ica and Grande, whose tributaries drain the western slope of the Cordillera, and whose valleys are fertile and highly cultivated . The valley of the Nasca, a tributary of the Grande, is celebrated for an extensive irrigating See also:

• SYSTEM

system constructed by the natives before the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of See also:

• AMERICA

America . The principal products of the department are cotton, grapes, wine, See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar and See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit . These are two See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good ports on the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern coast, Tambo de See also:

• MORA, JOSE (1638-1725)
• MORA, or MORRA (Ital. delay)

Mora and Pisco, the latter being connected with the capital by a railway across the desert, 46 m. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long .