Disasters in the History of Pero: Weather, Earthquakes and Epidemics in Lima during the 18th century

During rhe l Sth cemury Peru was hit by a series 01' natural disasrers and cpidcmic rhat reduced borh popularion and agricultural production. Belowwe discuss th rce cases: '1he recurrent pcriod of extreme cold in che wi nrer monrhs from Augusr 1714 ro 1720 that allowed ~ major epidernic rh...

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Autor: Carcelen Reluz, Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/7377
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/sociales/article/view/7377
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Epidernics
Catastrophes
Climarc
Lima
I'cru.
Epidemias
catástrofes
clima
l.ima
Perú.
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Sumario:During rhe l Sth cemury Peru was hit by a series 01' natural disasrers and cpidcmic rhat reduced borh popularion and agricultural production. Belowwe discuss th rce cases: '1he recurrent pcriod of extreme cold in che wi nrer monrhs from Augusr 1714 ro 1720 that allowed ~ major epidernic rha{ ravaged {heSourhern Andes. {he-earrhquake of 1746 in Lima, duc ro rhe magnirude of dcstrucrion and deaths markcd a rnilesrone in (he socicry and El Niño (or ENSO) from 1791 ro 1794, one of ihc rnosr darnage caused. cspccially in (he Norrh Coasr of rhe counrry