Cruise Through History: Ports of South America (eBook)

Itinerary 9

Sherry Hutt (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
530 Seiten
Digby Creations (Verlag)
978-1-942153-06-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This itinerary begins in Brazil and runs clockwise around the continent to Colombia. A recurrent theme running through the ports is their shared common beginning as lands of discovery and the conquest, or attempted conquest, of native peoples, once Christopher Columbus made his initial landings.

Inhalt

 Preface. 3Acknowledgements 5Introduction – Different Interpretations of a Common Beginning. 6[Map placeholder] 9[Timeline placeholder] 10Brazil 11Rio de Janeiro – Brazil’s Father of Flight 11Salvador Bahia – The Colorful History of Brazil 18Manaus – A City Built by White Gold. 27Amazon – Theodore Roosevelt’s Amazing Adventure on the Río Téodoro. 35French Guiana. 42The Infamous Residents of Devil’s Island. 42Remembering the Affair: A Cautionary Tale. 48Uruguay. 53A Little History of the Little Country Wanted by All 53Argentina. 61Buenos Aires – Neighborhoods 61Buenos Aires – Women of the Bridge. 69Buenos Aires – Defining Culture in Gaucho, Tango, and Literature. 77Puerto Madryn – History, Politics, and Economics in Argentina. 84Ushuaia – FitzRoy and His Beagle Forecast Tierra del Fuego. 94Falkland Islands 104A Little Bit of Britain in South America. 104Chile. 110Patagonia: Land of Gauchos, Kings, and a City of Gold at the End of the World. 110Punta Arenas – First Families of the Golden Age. 118Punta Arenas – From Penal Colony to Penguins and National Park. 124Juan Fernandez Islands – The Real Robinson Crusoe. 132Valparaiso – Learning to Fly without Wings, Politics and Economics in Chile. 140Valparaiso/Santiago – Fugue of Cultures in History. 149Valparaiso – Paradise of Wine and Food in Chile. 156Peru. 163Lima – World of the Inca. 163Lima – A Modern City of Art and Colonial Elegance. 173Arica – Mystery of Ancient Marvels 182Ecuador 188Galápagos – Beyond the Beagle. 188Manta/Guayaquil – The Cultures of Ecuador 193Manta – Hats Off to Ecuador 202Colombia. 207Cartagena – The City of Gold and Flowers 207Santa Marta – Following in the Footsteps of Bolivar 215At Sea. 223Magellan in the Age of Discovery. 223The Voyages of Columbus 233 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.12.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Cruise Through HIstory
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Sport- / Aktivreisen
• Schlagworte: Brazil • Christopher Columbus • History • ports • South America • Travel
• ISBN-10: 1-942153-06-6 / 1942153066
• ISBN-13: 978-1-942153-06-1 / 9781942153061