This book records observations made and impressions formed during a journey through western and southern South America from Panama to Argentina and Brazil via the Straits of Magellan. The nature of its contents is briefly outlined in the Introduction which follows, so all that I have to do here is to acknowledge gratefully the many kindnesses I received in every part of South America which I visited, and in particular from the following persons: Colonel Goethals, Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal, and other officers of the ...
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This book records observations made and impressions formed during a journey through western and southern South America from Panama to Argentina and Brazil via the Straits of Magellan. The nature of its contents is briefly outlined in the Introduction which follows, so all that I have to do here is to acknowledge gratefully the many kindnesses I received in every part of South America which I visited, and in particular from the following persons: Colonel Goethals, Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal, and other officers of the United States engineers stationed there, and Colonel Gorgas, head of the medical staff; the officials of the Peruvian Corporation in Lima and of the Peruvian Southern Railways in Mollendo, Arequipa, and La Paz; the officials of the Antofagasta and Bolivia Railroad Company; those of the Transandine Railway Company in Chile and those of the Buenos Aires and Pacific and Argentine Great Western Railways Companies in Mendoza and Buenos Aires, and also those of the Leopoldina Railway in Brazil. Nor must I fail to express my obligations to the heads in New York of the firm of Messrs. W. R. Grace Co., who advised me regarding my journey, and to my friend Professor Bingham of Yale University, who, familiar with Southviii America from his own travels and studies, has given me valuable help in many ways.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1050grams, ISBN:
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Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Type: Book N.B. No dust jacket. Light rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners of boards. Bookplate to front paste down.
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Very Good + No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Published September, 1912. Clean + bright, minimal wear. Innards clean & tight. 453 pp + 4 pp. ads. Published for the Bay View Reading Club, Detroit, Michigan.
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Good. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xxiv, 611pp., index, maps (of the Panama Canal, part of Peru and Bolivia, Straits of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego, part of Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil). Light wear, corners lightly bumped. Early but not first printing (November 1912. )
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8vo. xxiv, [2], 611, [1] pp., plus 6 pp. publ. ads. Numerous folding colour maps. Blue pebbld cloth, gilt lettrng (mnr bmpng to couple crnrs), VG bright copy, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on ffep. Early printing of this excellent travelogue, social history, and observations of Panama, Peru, Cuzco, the Incas, Lake Titicaca, Chile, the Straits of Magellan, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and more.
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0306708353. Hardcover; Da Capo Press; 1977; NY, 1913, corrected and revised. Macmillan. 611pg. Index. library, ; Latin America in the twentieth century.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo. xxiv, 611pp, index, maps, Or blue cloth lacking jacket. Prev owner name and short gift note on front endpapers, page edges evenly toned, prev owner name stamp on bottom edge. Travels in South America including Panama, Peru, Chile, the Andes, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and more. Includes section on the native races, politics and international relations.
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Near Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo. xxiv, 611pp, index, maps. Or blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Prev owners name on front pastedown, splitting at title page but still holding, some toning to page edges. Pre WWI observations of South America including race relations, industry, tourism, and much more.
