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Chile: The Lake District & Patagonia
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Insight Guide Chile
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK 2007 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, $23.95)
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. With text in Spanish and English.
(PAT22, $24.95)
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)
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, $13.95)
Chile Map
Auto Mapa
2005 MAP
A road and travel map of Chile, including bordering regions of Argentina, Bolivia and Peru at a scale 1:2,250,000. Divided in sections to show the most detail of long and skinny Chile, this excellent map also includes an inset of the major routes in and out of Santiago. One Side. 25.5x39 inches.
(CHI05, $14.95)
Lake District, Araucania: Argentina & Chile
Zagier & Urruty Maps
A full color traveler's map of mid-section of Chile and Argentina with a focus on the popular region from Bariloche across to Puerto Montt. At a scale of 1:400,000 with roads, relief and attractions.
(PAT59, $14.95)
Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego Map
Auto Mapa
Beautifully detailed, this bestselling physical relief map shows Tierra del Fuego at a scale of 1:1,000,000 scale with an overview of southern South America, the Valdes Peninsula and national parks along with street plans for Ushuaia, Río Gallegos, Puerto Madryn, Bariloche, Trelew and Comodoro Rivadavia.
(PAT07, $14.95)
South American Explorer Chilean Fjords Map
Ocean Explorer Maps
A handsome map of southern South America (1:4,800,000) with a detailed map of the Chilean Fjords (1:2,200,000).
(SAM41, $11.95)
Torres del Paine Map
Zagier & Urruty Maps
This detailed walking map (1:80,000) includes trekking routes, refuges and color topography.
(CHI12, $14.95)
Chile in Focus
Nick Caistor
GUIDEBOOK
Authoritative and up-to-date, 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)
Walking
Henry David Thoreau
REFERENCE
You may want to carry this small volume in your daypack for inspiration. In it, Thoreau offers his meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel.
(WLK04, $9.95)
Soldiers in a Narrow Land, The Pinochet Regime in Chile
Mary Helen Spooner
HISTORY
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, $25.95)
Cloud Forest, A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
Peter Matthiessen
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
FAVORITE
Matthiessen recounts with wit, insight and style his odyssey to the Amazon and Andes, including Machu Picchu and Tierra del Fuego.
(SAM02, $16.00)
My Invented Country, A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile
Isabel Allende
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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)
Rounding the Horn
Dallas Murphy
EXPLORATION
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, $15.00)
The Whispering Land
Gerald Durrell
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Durrell's sparkling account of an eight-month jaunt on the trail of fur seals, guanaco, parrots and other Patagonian marvels.
(PAT13, $14.00)
Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwin
EXPLORATION
BEST SELLER
FAVORITE
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)
Voyaging, Southward from the Strait of Magellan
Rockwell Kent
EXPLORATION
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)
What Am I Doing Here?
Bruce Chatwin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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, $16.00)
Chile, A Traveler's Literary Companion
Katherine Silver
ANTHOLOGY
These choice stories introduce both the country and a host of contemporary writers.
(CHI38, $14.95)
Cape Horn and Other Stories from the End of the World
Francisco Coloane
David A. Petreman
LITERATURE
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)
Five Decades, Poems 1925-1970
Pablo Neruda
LITERATURE
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)
Night Flight
Antoine de Saint Exupery
LITERATURE
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)
Patagonia, The Last Wilderness
Daniel Rivademar
NATURAL HISTORY
An illustrated portrait of Patagonia, featuring gorgeous color photographs and brief accompanying text on the natural history of the region.
(PAT20, $39.95)
A Wildlife Guide to Chile
Sharon Chester
FIELD GUIDE
NEW
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)
Birds of Chile
Alvaro Jaramillo
FIELD GUIDE
This compact, comprehensive guide with superb color plates also includes Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands.
(CHI50, $29.95)
Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica
Martin D. la Pena
Maurice Rumboll
FIELD GUIDE
A compact regional guide with color plates, range maps and brief descriptions.
(SAM12, $29.95)
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