Across South America an Account of a Journey from Buenos Aires to Lima Contributor(s): Bingham, Hiram (Author) |
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ISBN: 1432624660 ISBN-13: 9781432624668 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2005 Annotation: 1911. By Way of Potosi With notes on Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru and 80 illustrations and maps. Contents: Pernambuco and Bahia; Rio, Santos, and Brazilian Trade; Buenos Aires; Argentine Independence and Spanish-American Solidarity; The Tucuman Express; Through the Argentine Highlands; Across the Bolivian Frontier; Tupiza to Cotagaita; Escara to Laja Tambo; Potosi; Sucre, the De Jure Capital of Bolivia; The Road to Challapata; Oruro to Antofagasta and Valparaiso; Santiago and the First Pan-American Scientific Congress; Northern Chile; Southern Peru; La Paz, the De Facto Capital of Bolivia; The Bolivia Railway and Tiahuanaco; Cuzco; Sacahuaman; The Inca Road to Abancay; The Climb to Choqquequirau; Choqquequirau; Abancay to Chincheros; Bombon to the Battlefield of Ayacucho; Ayacucho to Lima; and Certain South American Traits. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Travel | South America - General - Literary Collections | Diaries & Journals - Travel | Essays & Travelogues |
Physical Information: 1.38" H x 6" W x 9" L (2.11 lbs) 540 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
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