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SOUTHWIND ADVENTURES
Chile: The Lake District & Patagonia
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 5 items are available
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Insight Guide Chile
• Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 380 PAGES
This glossy guide is a full-color introduction to the land, people and history of Chile, written by a team of experts. Brief background essays highlight important topics, and there is some practical travel information interspersed throughout.
(CHI03, $23.99) |
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Natural Patagonia, Argentina and Chile
• Marcelo D. Beccaceci
NATURAL HISTORY •
1998 •
PAPER
• 124 PAGES
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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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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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Travels in a Thin Country, A Journey through Chile
• Sara Wheeler
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1996 •
PAPER
• 304 PAGES
An inspired writer, British author Sarah Wheeler deploys her wit, intelligence and powerful investigative skills on the Republic of Chile, where she traveled in 1991. Excellent reading.
(CHI06, $15.00) |
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Chile Map
• National Geographic
2011 •
MAP
Printed on tear- and water-resistant paper, this colorful map shows topography, sites, cities and roads from the Atacama to Tierra del Fuego in a series of strip maps at a scale of 1:1,750.000. Published in conjunction with Reise Know-How and the World Mapping Project, this is one of a growing series of National Geographic Adventure Maps. One Side. 25.5x39 inches.
(CHI05, $11.95) |
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Also Recommended
Lake District, Araucania: Argentina & Chile
• Zagier & Urruty Maps
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This regional map (1:400,00) covers the mid-section of Chile and Argentina from Bariloche across to Puerto Montt and Temuco.
(PAT59, $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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South American Explorer Chilean Fjords Map
• Ocean Explorer Maps
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A handsome map of southern South America (1:4,800,000) with a detailed map of the Chilean Fjords (1:2,200,000) on the reverse. Includes Santiago and Buenos Aires.
(SAM41, $11.95)
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Torres del Paine Map
• Zagier & Urruty Maps
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This detailed walking map (1:80,000) includes trekking routes, refuges and color topography.
(CHI12, $14.95)
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Chile in Focus
• Nick Caistor
• GUIDEBOOK
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This slim guide focuses on the history of Chile, its cultural heritage and the political, environmental and economic challenges of the post-Pinochet era. With maps, photographs and some travel information.
(CHI35, $12.95)
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Walking
• Henry David Thoreau
• REFERENCE
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Slip this pocket edition of Thoreau's meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel in your daypack for inspiration.
(WLK04, $9.99)
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Soldiers in a Narrow Land, The Pinochet Regime in Chile
• Mary Helen Spooner
• HISTORY
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A history of Chile under Pinochet (1973-1988) based on wide-ranging interviews with ordinary people, military men and opposition leaders. It's a balanced account, documenting the censorship and violence but also the appeal of the dictatorship.
(CHI25, $29.95)
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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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My Invented Country
• Isabel Allende
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Novelist Allende ruminates on her upbringing in Chile, interweaving memories of South America with her feelings for the United States, where she has lived since the assassination of her uncle, Chilean president Salvador Allende, on September 11, 1973.
(CHI52, $13.99)
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Rounding the Horn
• Dallas Murphy
• EXPLORATION
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A sailor at heart, Dallas Murphy gets himself down to Ushuaia, embarks a sturdy vessel and heads out to experience the wind and weather of Tierra del Fuego. In his informative account, Dallas interweaves plenty of history, a little rather naive politics and the story of his own adventures.
(PAT65, $18.00)
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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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Voyage of the Beagle
• Charles Darwin
• EXPLORATION
• BEST SELLER
• FAVORITE
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The wide-eyed tale of a young man on a five-year voyage that changed his life -- and our way of thinking about the world. First published in 1839, it's still a marvelous introduction to the wildlife, nature and allure of South America.
(GPS02, $12.95)
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Voyaging, Southward from the Strait of Magellan
• Rockwell Kent
• EXPLORATION
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An illustrated account of Rockwell's foolhardy voyage with a madman through magnificent Tierra del Fuego in a jury-rigged lifeboat. Both the text and striking woodcut illustrations communicate this dangerous landscape's dynamic character.
(CHI29, $19.95)
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What Am I Doing Here?
• Bruce Chatwin
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A delightful collection of essays by one of our favorite travel writers, capturing the allure of the land and its wildlife and history. Includes a great chapter on his visit to Chiloe Island.
(PAT02, $17.00)
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Cape Horn and Other Stories from the End of the World
• Francisco Coloane
• David A. Petreman
• LITERATURE
• COMING IN
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A collection of sixteen short stories, by the noted Chilean author, capturing the characteristically rugged landscape of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego.
(CHI27, $16.00)
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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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Five Decades, Poems 1925-1970
• Pablo Neruda
• LITERATURE
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A bilingual edition of 138 poems by the great Pablo Neruda, drawn from his entire career. Neruda is the quintessential South American poet: lyrical, engaging, and bristling with life.
(CHI10, $15.00)
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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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Patagonia, The Last Wilderness
• Daniel Rivademar
• NATURAL HISTORY
• COMING IN
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An illustrated portrait of Patagonia, featuring gorgeous color photographs and brief accompanying text on the natural history of the region.
(PAT20, $39.95)
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A Wildlife Guide to Chile
• Sharon Chester
• FIELD GUIDE
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Chester's splendid guide, featuring 120 color plates, covers the wildlife, plants and natural history of Chile from the Atacama Desert and Patagonia to Easter Island and Antarctica.
(CHI77, $19.95)
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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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