Lima, capital of Peru, 6 m. inland from Callao, its port, a picturesque but somewhat shabby city, 700 ft. above the sea-level, regularly built, with many plazas; has a cathedral and 70 churches; trade is in the hands of foreigners, mostly Germans, and industries are unimportant; it was founded by Pizarro, and his bones lie buried in the cathedral.
Population (circa 1900) given as 200,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Lilly, William * Limburg