Post Tagged with: "South America"

Machu Picchu Original Painting 2022 - Illustration by Jonathan Chapman

No.34 – Machu Picchu, Peru

Next on the world series trail we travel down to South America and the much requested destination of Machu Picchu! The 15th-century Inca citadel located on a 7,970 ft mountain ridge in Southern Peru. The Urubamba River flows past, cutting through the Cordillera and creating a canyon with a tropical mountain climate. The Incas, had no written language, and […]

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Rio de Janeiro by Jonathan Chapman

No.10 – Rio de Janeiro

No. 10 of my 2018 world series challenge is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio de Janeiro (River of January), is a metropolis of over 12 million people in Brazil and the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was also […]

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