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Charcas

American  
[kahr-kuhs] / ˈkɑr kəs /

noun

Douay Bible.
  1. Carcas.


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The image of a roan horse on the vacant lot at Serrano and Charcas?

From Time Magazine Archive

One consisted of the men of Cunti-suyu, Charcas, Colla-suyu, Chuys, and Chile under the command of a captain named Arampa Yupanqui.

From History of the Incas by Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir

Born in the city of Charcas, on the Bolivian plateau, he was a Creole of the Creoles.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.

The High Court at Charcas summoned him to appear before its tribunal at once, and to give his reasons for the expulsion of the Jesuits and his appointment of himself as Governor of Paraguay.

From South America by Koebel, W. H. (William Henry)

At this threatening period, all the soldiers and discontented persons of Peru, flocked to Las Charcas, Potosi, and that neighbourhood, endeavouring to procure employment about the rich mines of that district.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert