In celebration of Hispanic Heritage month, here's a description South America in George Juan and Antonio De Ulloa, “A Voyage to South America,” in Pinkerton, A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages, volume 14, published in 1813. “The inhabitants of Lima are composed of whites, or Spaniards, Negroes, Indians, Mestizos, and other casts, proceeding from the mixture of all three. . . The other parts of the country are taken up with plantations already mentioned, among the which those of canes are not the least, and yield an excellent kind of sugar. All the fields and plantations are cultivated by negro slaves, purchased for this service….” 10,000 Africans per year were imported to the Americas between 1687-1830. The largest number of Africans were shipped to the following ports: Vera Cruz, Mexico; Havana, Cuba; Portobelo and Panama City (Panamá Viejo); Cartagena, Columbia; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Recife, Rio, and Bahia, Brazil. Most came from West and Central Africa.