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Tarapoto As I Remember It in the 1970s
Posted on May 22, 2010 | 5 CommentsThe following article is a guest post by Vincent Tufano, a New Yorker with a Doctorate in Political Science who wrote his doctoral dissertation on Peruvian politics. Vincent is the...
The Petroglyphs of Polish – Tarapoto, Peru
Posted on March 28, 2010 | No CommentsThe Petroglyphs of Polish are a little-visited gem just outside Tarapoto, Peru. Discovered in 1966, these rock carvings still remain a bit of a mystery. The site of the petroglyphs...
Baltazar Martínez de Compañón – Founder of Tarapoto, Peru
Posted on December 23, 2009 | No CommentsBaltazar Martínez de Compañón was born in Cabredo, Navarra, Spain in 1737. Having become a man of the cloth, he traveled to Lima in his early thirties with the blessings...
