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PATAGONIA & TIERRA DEL FUEGO
Torres del Paine & Los Glaciares
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 4 items are available
for $70, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXPAT110) |
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In Patagonia
• Bruce Chatwin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1989 •
PAPER
• 204 PAGES
• FAVORITE
A masterpiece of travel, history and adventure. This award-winning book captures the spirit of the land, history, wildlife and people of Patagonia. There's no travel writer as engaging, insightful and just plain wonderful as Bruce Chatwin.
(PAT01, $15.00) |
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A Wildlife Guide to Chile
• Sharon Chester
FIELD GUIDE •
2008 •
PAPER
• 392 PAGES
Sharon Chester, a talented lecturer and guide, hauled out expedition logs and field notes, consulted dozens of colleagues and spent many, many hours on hundreds of illustrations in this comprehensive guide to Chilean wildlife. From bats to butterflies, lizards to llamas, and ferns to flamingos this full-color, compact guide covers it all in detail.
(CHI77, $19.95) |
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Torres del Paine Map
• Zagier & Urruty Maps
2008 •
MAP
A detailed color map of the park, with trekking routes and refuges, at a scale of 1:80,000. Based on striking satelllite imagery and printed on high quality paper, it shows 100-meter contour lines and spot elevations. One Side. 26x37 inches.
(CHI12, $14.95) |
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Trekking in the Patagonian Andes
• Carolyn McCarthy
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 308 PAGES
This convenient guide features trail maps and route descriptions of walks throughout Patagonia, including a long sections on Torres del Paine in Chile and Glacier National Park in Argentina. With detailed practical information, color photography, 31 maps and good background on preparing for your trek. Third edition.
(PAT12, $24.99) |
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Also Recommended
Los Glaciares National Park
• Zagier & Urruty Maps
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A colorful map of the popular areas of Parque Nacional Los Glaciares at a scale of 1:230,000, providing an overview of the area and highlighting points of interest.
(PAT58, $14.95)
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Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego Map
• ITMB
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A convenient map of all Patagonia (1:2,000,000) with a more detailed map of Tierra del Fuego on the reverse.
(PAT19, $12.95)
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Moon Handbook Patagonia
• Wayne Bernhardson
• GUIDEBOOK
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This practical guide covers where to go and what to do in southern South America from Puerto Montt and the Lake District to Perito Moreno, Torres del Paine and Tierra del Fuego. With chapters on Santiago and Buenos Aires.
(PAT73, $21.99)
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Patagonia, A Cultural History
• Chris Moss
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A journalist with the Buenos Aires Herald, Moss follows a colorful cast of characters -- from Magellan and Darwin to mad kings, gauchos, and Nazi fugitives -- in this vivid overview of the culture and history of Patagonia.
(PAT81, $25.00)
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Cloud Forest, A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
• Peter Matthiessen
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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Matthiessen recounts with wit, insight and style his odyssey to the Amazon and Andes, including Machu Picchu and Tierra del Fuego.
(SAM02, $17.00)
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The Whispering Land
• Gerald Durrell
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A sparkling account of an eight-month jaunt on the trail of fur seals, guanaco, parrots and other Patagonian marvels.
(PAT13, $15.00)
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Travels in a Thin Country, A Journey through Chile
• Sara Wheeler
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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British author Sarah Wheeler deploys her wit, intelligence and powerful investigative skills on the Republic of Chile in this insightful travelogue.
(CHI06, $15.00)
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Where the Earth Ends, A Journey Beyond Patagonia
• John Harrison
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A spirited tale of adventures in the southern tip of South America, south from the Pampas and Patagonia to Punta Arenas, the Beagle Channel, Ushuaia -- and Antarctica.
(PAT57, $15.95)
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Chile, A Traveler's Literary Companion
• Katherine Silver
• LITERATURE
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These choice stories introduce both the country and a host of contemporary writers.
(CHI38, $14.95)
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Night Flight
• Antoine de Saint Exupery
• LITERATURE
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Saint Exupery captures the thrill and mystery of early flight in this tale of a pilot alone in a storm over the Andes en route to Buenos Aires.
(PAT09, $12.00)
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Glacier Ice
• Austin Post
• Edward R. LaChapelle
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A classic book of extraordinary black-and-white aerial photographs of mountains and glaciers by two devoted men of ice. Ed LaChapelle's text is paired with Austin Post's stunning aerial photographs of glaciers from Alaska and Chile to Switzerland, the Himalayas and other parts of the world.
(SCI07, $27.95)
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Natural Patagonia, Argentina and Chile
• Marcelo D. Beccaceci
• NATURAL HISTORY
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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An informative photographic journey through the breathtaking landscapes and wildlife of Patagonia. Featuring 120 color photographs, presented in Spanish and English.
(PAT22, $24.95)
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Volcanoes, Fire From the Earth
• Maurice Krafft
• NATURAL HISTORY
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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By the great French volcanologist (who died on the job on Mount Unzen in Japan in 1992), this pocket guide features hundreds of full-color paintings, traces the study of volcanoes from early myth and legend to modern science.
(GEO06, $15.95)
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Birds of Chile
• Alvaro Jaramillo
• FIELD GUIDE
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This compact, comprehensive guide with superb color plates also includes Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands.
(CHI50, $29.95)
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Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica
• Martin D. la Pena
• Maurice Rumboll
• FIELD GUIDE
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With color plates, range maps and brief descriptions, this is a compact regional guide.
(SAM12, $29.95)
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