South America category: 2208 books

Cover of Diario de un reconocimiento de las guardias y fortines
by Félix de Azara
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014

Félix de Azara, 18 de mayo de 1742 (Barbuñales, Huesca)-1821. España.Fue militar, ingeniero, explorador, cartógrafo, antropólogo y naturalista.Estudió en la Universidad de Huesca y en la Academia militar de Barcelona dónde se graduó en 1764. Sirvió en el regimiento de infantería de Galicia...
Cover of Informes de don Félix Azara, sobre varios proyectos de colonizar el Chaco
by Félix de Azara
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014

Félix de Azara, 18 de mayo de 1742 (Barbuñales, Huesca)-1821. España.Fue militar, ingeniero, explorador, cartógrafo, antropólogo y naturalista.Estudió en la Universidad de Huesca y en la Academia militar de Barcelona dónde se graduó en 1764. Sirvió en el regimiento de infantería de Galicia...
Cover of Diario de la navegación y reconocimiento del río Tebicuary
by Félix de Azara
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016

Tres siglos de negociaciones y tratados no bastaron a poner de acuerdo las Cortes de Madrid y Lisboa sobre el deslinde de sus colonias, y estas cuestiones, que habían empezado con su dominación en América, no terminaron con su decadencia. Cada paso que daban, aumentaba las dudas y hacía más difícil...
Cover of Diario de la navegación emprendida en 1781
by Basilio Villarino
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014

Basilio Villarino (1741-1785). España.Nació en La Coruña en 1741 y llegó al Río de la Plata en 1773 en la fragata Perpetua, al mando del capitán Bustillos. Su largo viaje por la Patagonia argentina comenzó en 1778, con la exploración de los ríos Colorado, Negro, Deseado y Limay, entre otros....
Cover of Correspondencia oficial
by Félix de Azara
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016

Entre varios papeles que dejó Azara en poder de su compañero y amigo, don Pedro Cerviño, se hallaba el borrador autógrafo de su Correspondencia oficial inédita sobre los trabajos de demarcación: documento importante, que contiene la historia de las controversias suscitadas por los Comisarios...
Cover of Historia general de Chile II
by Diego Barros Arana
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014

Written by one of the greatest scholars of Latin America, La historia general de Chile recounts the nation's entire history from prehistory to 1830.
Cover of Decretos
by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016

La presente selección de tres Decretos y Manifiestos se centra en los documentos que describen las causas de la proclamación de la Independencia de Cuba, la anulación de la esclavitud y la defensa del sufragio universal y las libertades cívicas entendidas en el espíritu de la Ilustración. Carlos...
Cover of The Worlds of the Moche on the North Coast of Peru
by Elizabeth P. Benson
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012

The Moche, or Mochica, created an extraordinary civilization on the north coast of Peru for most of the first millennium AD. Although they had no written language with which to record their history and beliefs, the Moche built enormous ceremonial edifices and embellished them with mural paintings...
Cover of Dominica (Caribbean) Travel Guide - What To See & Do
by Kenneth Coates
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to the beautiful Caribbean island of Dominica. Dominica is located about one-half of the way between Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago. It is often known as "The Nature Island of the Caribbean" due to its spectacular, lush, and varied...
Cover of Ecuador In Your Pocket
by Alan Jarrett
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015

Travel with American expat, Alan Jarrett, and his beautiful Ecuadorian bride as he discovers this Jewel of the Andes and they begin an adventure 42 years in the making and still going strong.In these pages you will experience the real Ecuador, the savvy traveler’s dream destination and the curious...
Cover of Explore the Inca Trail
by Jacquetta Megarry, Roy Davies
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2014

Based on a full-colour rucksack-friendly printed guidebook, this fixed-format ebook respects the original page layouts, while also enabling instant cross-references, searchable text and web links. Pinch-and-zoom allows the user to expand maps and graphics. The third edition of our popular guidebook contains...
Cover of Running the Amazon
by Joe Kane
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011

The voyage began in the lunar terrain of the Peruvian Andes, where coca leaf is the only remedy against altitude sickness. It continued down rapids so fierce they could swallow a raft in a split second. It ended six months and 4,200 miles later, where the Amazon runs gently into the Atlantic. Joe...
Cover of Chasing Rumor

Chasing Rumor

A Season Fly Fishing in Patagonia

by Cameron Chambers
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015

A blip of prosperity at the turn of the 20th century brought American trout to Patagonia, then for a half-century they were forgotten to fight wars and build a nation. Rediscovered by fishermen a half-century later, the fish had grown to epic proportions. In Chasing Rumor, Cameron Chambers chronicles...
Cover of Santiago de Chile (Chile) Travel Guide - Tiki Travel
by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2012

Santiago de Chile (Chile) Travel Guide - Tiki Travel The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section...
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