Re: Amerindian navigators

[dweller@ramtops.demon.co.uk (Douglas Weller)]

On 14 Jul 1997 23:09:19 GMT, in sci.archaeology.mesoamerican, Yuri
[SNIP]Kuchinsky wrote:

>
>If only Williams bothered to read the early historical accounts of the
>Spanish invaders to see that the Incas, although based in the highlands,
>controlled a huge maritime trading network run by their allies, the
>Chincha, on the coast! Williams needs some remedial learning here in a
>hurry... When Pizarro arrived on the coast in 1532, all that was still in
>evidence, although one needs to note that that amazing maritime
>civilization of Chincha collapsed very quickly after the Spanish influence
>was firmly established.

They used balsa rafts, right?

[SNIP]

Doug