“The Heart of the Andes”

by Theodore Winthrop

Contents

The Heart of the Andes. Oil painting by Frederic Edwin Church, 1859

• Part 1 – Verse (p. 329)
• Part 2 – Introduction (pp. 331–343)
• Part 3 – The sky (pp. 343–344)
• Part 4 – The snow dome (pp. 344–350)
• Part 5 – The llano, or central plain (pp. 350–351)
• Part 6 – The cordillera (pp. 351–355)
• Part 7 – The clouds, their shadows and the atmosphere (pp. 355–358)
• Part 8 – The montaña, or central forest (pp. 358–360)
• Part 9 – The hamlet (pp. 360–361)
• Part 10 – The cataract and its basin (pp. 361–366)
• Part 11 – The glade on the right foreground (pp. 366–371)
• Part 12 – The road and left foreground (pp. 371–373)
• Part 13 – Conclusion (p. 374)