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title: Lake Titicaca
author: Wikipedia User: Haylii
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2516/lake-titicaca/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Lake Titicaca

_Authored by Wikipedia User: Haylii_

## Image File

[![Lake Titicaca](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2516.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2516.jpg)

## Image Caption

A map of [Lake Titicaca](https://www.worldhistory.org/Lake_Titicaca/) in South America, located between Peru and Bolivia. For ancient Andean peoples the lake was a sacred site and considered the centre of the cosmos and place of original creation.

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## License & Copyright

[Original image](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Titicaca_map.png) by [**Wikipedia User: Haylii**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Titicaca_map.png). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 05 April 2014. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

