Tschudi, Johann Jakob von (1818-1889)

Johann Jakob von Tschudi was a Swiss diplomat, doctor and natural scientist. He went on three expeditions to Latin America: 1838-1842 to Chile and Peru; 1857-59 to Brazil and Argentina; 1860-1862 to Brazil.

Material:

• 1 handwritten manuscript (“Primer suplemento a la Gramática quichua. Dialecto Chinchaysuyo”, place and year unspecified, 25 sheets, author unknown)

Provenance: part of Max Uhle’s papers.

Key words: ethnolinguistics, Quechua language, Peru