Part 1 - A comprehensive survey of the history of Peru including themes such as the enterprise of Pizarro, Indian resistance and fall of the Inca empire, government, institutions, the church, exploitation of riches, daily life, cultural and artistic evolution, and geographical expansion. Part 2 - Incursions of pirates (Dutch, English, French and buccaneers) in the South Sea, maritime defence (the Armada del Mar del Sur), and defences on land e.g.(the walls of Lima, Callao, Trujillo, the presidio of Callao, militias