Charles Wiener was born in Vienna on August 25, 1851. Made studies in philosophy at the University of Rostock, PhD with a thesis on the political, religious, economic and social of the Inca Empire in 1874.
Under your interest and contact with scholars of the Andean area, was commissioned by the French government for a series of geographical and ethnological studies, specifically in Peru and Bolivia, during the Great Universal Exhibition in Paris to shop, travel between 1875 and 1877. Reaches South America Brazil, Chile and then finally landed at Callao, and was received warmly by the Peruvian authorities. During his mission traveled the path made by the English along the north coast, Cajamarca, and the southern highlands of Bolivia.
On his return to France was carrying several thousand archaeological pieces, which were deposited at the Musée Ethnographique Paris. Published this research in 1880 "Perou et Bolivie: récit de voyage" by the publisher Hachette in Paris, a book very carefully and with several illustrations. He was awarded the medal of honor for his work in the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878.
Journey to the Chicama Valley
During his journey down the path of the conquistadores, visited the valley of Chicama, landing in the port of Salaverry and establishing a few days in the city of Trujillo. In his work, describing the customs of the inhabitants of the city, the Creoles and Indians. Also visit with great interest the ruins of the Chimu culture, the city of Chan Chan, the Temples of the Sun and the Moon among others.
Ride the Lache estate, by then owned by Mr. Cabada (who had a dispute with Louis Albrecht in a matter of industrial machinery), praising the picturesque farms. It also surprised by the number of coolies working in the cultivation of sugarcane. Visit Facalá, owned by Mr. Pflucker.
remains impressed with Luis Albrecht, describing it as a German worker and entrepreneur, founder of the agricultural wealth of the area to find a forgotten irrigation channel and reconstruct pre-Columbian times to spend about 1,000 pounds, bringing back to hitherto arid and barren sands of the Chicama valley that once had fertility. He also explains how Albrecht used a rubber chips as currency in their estates, with which the workers were paid and were able to redeem products from the bazaars of the area, wages and food were provided to the coolies, higher than the national average.
Make drawings on these farms, citing the beauty and comfort of such structures in an area surrounded by vast deserts, fields and archaeological sites. After his visit to the valley of Chicama goes to Cajamarca, where it continues its journey to the southern highlands. Anecdotally, explored the region around Machu Picchu, with his book a reference to Hiram Bingham in his celebrated re-discovery of 1911.
diplomat was commissioned by the French government in Chile in the late nineteenth century, writing the book "Chile and the Chileans." He died in Rio de Janeiro in 1919, is now considered parent of Peruvian archeology, to spread the interest in pre-Columbian Peruvian cultures and their concern about the lack of study at that time.
-------------------------------------- (1) http: / / www.deperu.com/arqueologia/wamachuko/1880.html
(2) Charles Wiener. Peru and Bolivia: travelogue followed by archaeological and ethnographic studies and notes on writing and languages \u200b\u200bof indigenous peoples. IFEA and UNMSM 1993.
(3) Wikipedia.com
* The photos are from the original edition of 1880
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