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Patagonia : a cultural history /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moss, Christopher D. S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:Landscapes of the imagination.
Subjects:
Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) > Description and travel.
Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) > History.
Table of Contents:
  • The last days of Shorr : Patagonia's indigenous myths
  • The invention of Patagonia : Magellan and Drake
  • Port Famine : Sarmiento de Gamboa
  • The English mariners : Cavendish, Davis, Byron
  • Unreal cities : founding fathers and fantasists
  • Sounding the soul : Fitzroy, Darwin and Jemmy Button
  • Y wladfa : the Welsh in Patagonia
  • King of Patagonia : Orllie Antoine and the Araucanos
  • Mystical twitcher : W. H. Hudson
  • Patagonia conquered, 1870-1922
  • Taming the wind : Antoine de Saint-ExupĂ©ry
  • Reclaiming territory : Latin American narratives
  • Minimal stories : film and music in Patagonia
  • Chatwin, Theroux and the travel writers.