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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $84, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXPAT75)		  
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)		   In Patagonia
The Whispering Land  •  Gerald Durrell
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES
Durrell's sparkling account of an eight-month jaunt on the trail of fur seals, guanaco, parrots and other Patagonian marvels. (PAT13, $15.00)		   The Whispering Land
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)		   Natural Patagonia, Argentina and Chile
Moon Handbook Patagonia  •  Wayne Bernhardson
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 598 PAGES
This practical guide in the popular series covers where to go and what to do throughout the southern end of South America from Perito Moreno and Lago Argentino, across to Peninsula Valdes, Puerto Montt, Puerto Natales, Tierra del Fuego and Ushuaia. Includes maps and transportation information, and gives an overview of the region's culture and history. With chapters on Buenos Aires, Santiago and the Falklands. (PAT73, $21.99)		   Moon Handbook Patagonia
Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego Map  •  ITMB
2011 •  MAP
A convenient map of Patagonia -- from the 40th parallel to the southern tip of South America -- at a scale of 1:2,000,000. On the reverse is a detailed map of Tierra del Fuego at a scale of 1:750,000. One Side. 39x27 inches. (PAT19, $12.95)		   Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego Map



Also Recommended

Los Glaciares National Park  •  Zagier & Urruty Maps    •  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)
 		  
Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego Map  •  ITMB    •  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)
 		  
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) on the reverse. Includes Santiago and Buenos Aires. (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)
 		  
Footprint Patagonia  •   •  Christabelle Dilks   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This compact, practical guide in the popular British series includes an overview of the history, nature and culture of the region. (PAT77, $24.95)
 		  
Insight Guide Chile  •  Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This glossy guide provides a full-color introduction by a team of experts to the land, people, history and attractions of Chile. Brief background essays highlight important topics. With many local and regional maps. (CHI03, $23.99)
 		  
Lonely Planet Buenos Aires  •  Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  The best of Buenos Aires is included in this practical guide, along with a pullout map and insider recommendations on shopping, eating, sleeping and day trips. (ARG10, $19.99)
 		  
Trekking in the Patagonian Andes  •  Carolyn McCarthy   • GUIDEBOOK  •  With trail maps and route descriptions of walks and treks throughout Patagonia, including Torres del Paine and Glacier National Park. (PAT12, $24.99)
 		  
Patagonia, A Cultural History  •  Chris Moss   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  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)
 		  
Around Cape Horn  •  Irving Johnson   • EXPLORATION  •  Captain Irving Johnson memorably narrates this documentary of his 1929 voyage as a young man aboard the Peking, featuring a remarkable sequence about the ship rounding the Horn in a storm. Talk about bad weather! (PAT68, $29.95)
 		  
Cape Horn  •  Felix Riesenberg  •  William A. Briesemeister   • EXPLORATION  •  Magellan, Drake and Darwin are all covered in Captain Riesenberg's lively tale of exploration and discovery, first publsihed in 1939. A master mariner, Reisenberg draws on his own long association with seafaring and the sea. (PAT10, $39.95)
 		  
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, $17.00)
 		  
Darwin Slept Here: Discovery, Adventure, and Swimming Iguanas in Charles Darwin's South America  •  Eric Simons   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Simons captures the exuberance and wide-eyed wonder of Darwin's adventures in South America in this refreshingly irreverent account. (SAF233, $14.95)
 		  
Far Away and Long Ago  •  W.H. Hudson   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Hudson's enthralling childhood remembrances are rich with descriptions of the landscapes, birds and nature of Argentina. (SAM11, $34.95)
 		  
Idle Days in Patagonia  •  W.H. Hudson   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A handsome reprint of Hudson's classic 1893 account of life, nature and adventure in southern South America, with paintings and drawings by Alfred Hartley and J. Smit. (PAT27, $22.00)
 		  
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, $18.00)
 		  
The Uttermost Part of the Earth  •  Lucas Bridges   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  This beloved memoir of Harberton estancia and early settlers, explorers and ways of the Yagan and Ona peoples who once populated the wild shores of Tierra del Fuego is a favorite, back in print with an introduction by Natalie Goodall. (PAT04, $40.00)
 		  
Travels in a Thin Country, A Journey through Chile  •  Sara Wheeler   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  British author Sarah Wheeler deploys her wit, intelligence and powerful investigative skills on the Republic of Chile in this insightful travelogue. (CHI06, $15.00)
 		  
Two Years Before the Mast  •  Richard H. Dana   • EXPLORATION  •  The visceral, gripping account of life at sea during an 1838 voyage from Boston to California that took seaman Richard H. Dana around Cape Horn. (PAT06, $16.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
Where the Earth Ends, A Journey Beyond Patagonia  •  John Harrison   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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)
 		  
Chile, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Katherine Silver   • LITERATURE  •  These choice stories introduce both the country and a host of contemporary writers. (CHI38, $14.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Tierra del Fuego  •  Francisco Coloane   • LITERATURE  •  Born in Chiloe in the south of Chile, Coloane (1910-2000) draws on the history of the land in this collection of nine spell-binding tales. (PAT80, $14.95)
 		  
Patagonia, Nature's Last Frontier  •  Marcos Zimmerman  •  Tomas Eloy Martinez   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  The Argentine novelist Tomas Eloy Martinez (Santa Evita) provides the astute commentary for this collection of color photographs of Patagonia's windswept interiors, wild coast, mountains, glaciers and wildlife. (PAT82, $49.95)
 		  
A Wildlife Guide to Chile  •  Sharon Chester   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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  •  With color plates, range maps and brief descriptions, this is a compact regional guide. (SAM12, $29.95)
 		  
Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises  •  Mark Carwardine   • FIELD GUIDE  •  In the trademark, graphic Eyewitness style, this sturdy guidebook colorfully describes the world's cetaceans with numerous illustrations, range maps, fluke drawings and a few paragraphs on each species. (FG02, $20.00)
 		  
 
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