The Pampas and Andes: A Thousand Miles' Walk Across South America

by Bishop, Nathaniel Holmes; Samuels, Edward A.

• ISBN13: 9781589762428
• ISBN10: 1589762428
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Narrative Pr

Summary

Bishop was a mere lad of 17 in 1855 when, with $45 in his pocket, he left Massachusetts bound for South America. Pursuing a love of natural history, he arrived in Buenos Aires, ascended the Plata and Parana Rivers, walked across the pampas and the Saline Desert, hiked over the Andes into Chile, and at Valparaiso caught a boat for home. Barely able to speak the language, he slips quietly through South America, eyes open. The ultimate boy's adventure.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(2)
Passage To The River Plata	3	(14)
In The River Plata	17	(4)
Buenos Ayres - The Province And City	21	(10)
Visit To The Tigre And Banda Oriental	31	(14)
Ascending The Plata And Parana	45	(6)
A Visit To The Pampa Country	51	(19)
Life On The Pampas	70	(12)
Life On The Pampas - Continued	82	(14)
From Rio Quarto To Cerro Moro	96	(12)
From Rio Quarto To Cerro Moro - Continued	108	(10)
San Luis And The Saline Desert	118	(13)
On The Travesia	131	(10)
Mendoza	141	(15)
A Winter In San Juan	156	(10)
A Winter In San Juan - Continued	166	(8)
Viente De Zonda	174	(5)
Adventures Of Don Guillermo Buenaparte	179	(29)
Crossing The Andes	208	(14)
Crossing The Andes - Continued	222	(7)
From The Andes To The Pacific	229