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