Atlas of Peru
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General maps
Map of Peru |
Map of Peru |
Map of Peru |
Relief map |
Biomes in Peru |
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Peru, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Peru.
Pre-Inca cultures
Present-day Peru is settled by Quechua and Aymara between the fifth and eight century. The Wari (or in Spanish spelling and other common name, Huari Culture) was a Middle Horizon civilization that flourished in the Andes in the south of modern-day Peru, from about 500 to 1200 A.D. The capital city of the same name is located near the modern city of Ayacucho, Peru. This city was the center of a civilization that covered much of the highlands and coast of modern Peru. Early on their territory expanded to include the ancient oracle center of Pachacamac, though it seems to have remained largely autonomous. Then later it expanded to include much of the territory of the earlier Moche and later Chimu cultures. |
Chimor (also Kingdom of Chimor) was the political grouping of the Chimú culture that ruled the northern coast of Peru, beginning around 850 AD and ending around 1470 AD. Chimor was the largest kingdom in the Late Intermediate period, encompassing 1000 km of coastline and including up to 2/3 of the people of the Andes. The greatest surviving ruin of this civilization is the mud city of Chan Chan. |
Inca Empire
The Inca Empire was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America, and at its peak had a large empire by world standards. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cuzco. The Inca Empire arose from the highlands of Peru around 1197. From 1438 to 1533, the Incas used conquest and peaceful assimilation to incorporate a large portion of western South America, centered on the Andean mountain ranges, including large parts of modern Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile.See for more maps the Atlas of the Inca Empire. |
Spanish rule
In 1527 the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro discovers the Inca Empire. The Spanish capture the Incan capital at Cuzco by 1533 and consolidated their control by 1542. Spain founds in 1544 the Viceroyalty of Peru, including also large parts of South America. This map shows the Viceroyalty of Peru in its maximum and minimum de iure extention. |
Another map of the Spanish Vice-Royalty of Peru. |
Independent Peru
Peru's independence movement led by Jose de San Martin proclaims Peruvian independence from Spain in 1821 as a federal state existing out of Peru and Upper Peru. Since 1822 the country is named Peruvian Republic. Spain is defeated in 1824. In 1825 Upper Peru secedes as Bolivia. |
In 1836 the president of Bolivia launched a project to confederate Peru and Bolivia under his "Protectorship." Both the South-Peruvian State and the North-Peruvian State are proclaimed, in each case de Santa Cruz is state's "Supreme Protector" with full powers. The Peru-Bolivian Confederation is proclaimed 1836. The confederation lasts until 1839. |
Peru-Bolivian Confederation |
Republic of North Peru |
Republic of South Peru |
Chile's victory over Peru and Bolivia in the War of the Pacific (1879-83) result in a territorial settlement. Between 1881 and 1883 Peru is occupied and it has to secede the province of Tarapacá to Chile. |
This map shows the border changes as a consequence of the war. |
Following the Ecuadorian-Peruvian War of 1941, the Rio Protocol sought to formalize the boundary between those two countries. This map shows the remaining territory disputed. |
Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.
Peru 1597, Cornelis van Wytfliet |
Peru 1635, Guiljelmus Blaeuw |
Peru 1647, Ioannem Ianssonium |
Peru 1652, Nicholas Sanson d’Abbeville |
Peru and the coast of South America, 1659 |
Peru 1683, Allain Mannesson Mallet |
Peru 1720, Hermann Moll |
Peru 1750, Eman Bowen |
Regions, provinces, and districts
Regions of Peru |
Provinces of Peru |
Districts of Peru |
Political division of Peru |
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Amazonas
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Ancash
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Apurímac
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Arequipa
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Ayacucho
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Cajamarca
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Callao
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Cuzco
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Huancavelica
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Huánuco
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Ica
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Junín
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La Libertad
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Lambayeque
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Lima
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Loreto
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Madre de Dios
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Moquegua
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Pasco
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Piura
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Puno
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San Martín
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Tacna
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Tumbes
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Ucayali
- Regions and departments (cropped version)
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Amazonas
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Ancash
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Apurímac
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Arequipa
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Ayacucho
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Cajamarca
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Cusco
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Huancavelica
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Huánuco
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Ica
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Junín
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La Libertad
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Lambayeque
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Lima
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Loreto
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Madre de Dios
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Moquegua
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Pasco
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Piura
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Puno
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San Martín
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Tacna
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Tumbes
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Ucayali
Language maps
Quechua language |
Other maps
Economy map |
Traditional geographical regions |
Vegetation map |
Fauna map |
Claimed territorial seas |
Satellite maps
Satellite map |
Notes and references
General remarks:
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