Travels in Chile and La Plata

Including Accounts Respecting the Geography, Geology, Statistics, Government, Finances, Agriculture, Manners and Customs, and the Mining Operations in Chile
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-108-07297-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Medienkombination, Englisch, 1130 Seiten, Format (B × H): 252 mm x 330 mm, Gewicht: 1844 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies

The botanist and mining engineer John Miers (1789–1879) published Travels in Chile and La Plata in 2 volumes in 1826. The work is an account of his travels and residence in Chile between 1818 and 1825 and his investigations into the cultural, political, geographical and botanical aspects of the country. It is richly illustrated with maps and his own drawings. The work is most valuable for the data it contains from Miers' research into the plants and birds he found there. It includes drawings and descriptions of many species previously unknown and undocumented in the West. Volume 1 contains the main travel account of his journey from England to Chile and geographical descriptions of the places he explored there. Volume 2 gives an account of Chile's political and economic history; its religion and culture; its trade, agriculture and mining; and lists the plants and animals he examined.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miers, John

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographische Entdeckungen und Erkundung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: Preface; 1. London to Buenos Ayres, and thence to Barranquitos; 2. Barranquitos to Mendoza; 3. Mendoza to Villa Vicencio; 4. Areco to Barranquitos; 5. Observations on the country between Buenos Ayres and Mendoza; 6. Mendoza to Santiago; 7. Mendoza to Santiago; 8. Santiago to Valparaiso; 9. Chile described; 10. Chile described; 11. Chile described; 12. Chile described; 13. India Chile. Volume 2: 14. Political history of Chile; 15. Political history of Chile; 16. Political history of Chile; 17. Political history of Chile – government; 18. Finance; 19. Religion, morals, manners, and customs of the Chilenos; 20. Trade, commerce, manufactures, weights and measures; 21. Agriculture, tenures; 22. Mines, mining; 23. Mines, mining; 24. The Indians; Appendix.