The hundred days of Darien

Travel

Russell Braddon

Central America

Collins

This guide contains photographs and descriptions of over 250 species you are likely to encounter on a trip to these remote Galapagos Islands. Although perhaps best known for its giant tortoises, many other mammals, reptiles, coastal and marine life, birds, plants and invertebrates are also included. In addition, there is information on the history of the islands, climate, conservation, the Galapagos National Park and the volcanism of the area.

Galapagos (Collins Safari Guides)

Science & Math

Fitter, Julian

Fitter, Daniel

Hosking, David

Nature & Ecology

In 1537 a group of Europeans founded Asuncion on the banks of the Paraná River in modern day Paraguay where they were enthusiastically welcomed by the Gurani people. An extraordinary fusion of New World and Old was created, a place where magnificent baroque cathedrals were built of carved stone in the heart of the jungle, and solemn Catholic masses were performed on European instruments by Gurani Indians and their Jesuit mentors. Today Paraguay is the only South American country which is truly bilingual: Spanish and Gurani are both spoken and every citizen is proud of his or her dual heritage. Long fascinated by Paraguay due to childhood stories of his great-uncle Charliewho vanished into the Amazonian jungle of old north Paraguay in search of Inca silver CarverRobert Carver travels into this forbidden lost world in search of his own golden city of outlandish experience in this enrapturing travelogue. The physically reckless journey takes him from mule trains high in frozen mountains to steamers up remote rivers in dense tropical jungles. Fascinating and original, this is first-hand look at one of South America’s most unique and engrossing nations.

Paradise With Serpents

History

Carver, Robert

Americas

Harper-perennial

The Cloud Forest

MATTHIESSEN, PETER

Travel Writing

Viking Press

A detailed physical map with hillshading and layer colouring showing the main transportation links and tourist features of Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. The area covered extends from the Pacific coast in the west to the Andes and the Brazilian border in the east and to Chile and Argentina in the south. A transport links map and distance chart is provided along with a comprehensive place name index on the reverse of the sheet. City maps of Lima, La Paz and Quito are included.

Peru, Bolivia & Ecuador Map (Independent Travel Series)

Reference

Atlases & Maps

William Collins & Sons Ltd

BACK TO CAPE HORN

SWALE, ROSIE

South America

HarperCollins, Publishers

On their travels from Mexico through Guatemala, Hounduras, Ecudaor, Bolivia and Chile to Patagonia, the authors of this book expound their revelatory and poetic theories on the new life they find on the road and about cultures they discover. Dreaming about the end of the drugs war at the bottom of a swimming pool in Central America and learning to live without their English preconceptions, the authors provide an account of their travel experiences in Latin America.

Reality Is the Bug That Bit Me in the Galapagos

Mark Du Cann, Charlotte; Watson

Flamingo

Eight Feet in the Andes

The author describes a journey she made through the Peruvian Andes with her nine-year-old daughter and a mule, and shares her observations on the people of Peru

MURPHY, DERVLA

HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited

Realm of the Incas is a celebration of the extraordinary diversity at the heart of Tihuantinsuyo, or 'Land of the Four Quarters,' as the Inca Empire was known before its conquest in 1533. Max Milligan's book charts a journey of breathtaking beauty, from the sacred snows of the Andes down into the virgin Amazon rainforest, encompassing the most richly biodiverse area on the planet.At the centre of the region stands Cuzco, meaning literally 'The Navel' to its founders, and today acknowledged as the archaeological capital of South America and a World Heritage Site. Within a single day's drive to Cuzco are eight distinct climates and habitats; and the myths, beliefs and customs of the inhabitants of these areas are equality diverse. In the highlands, remote communities still farm llamas and alpacas in medieval style, while the islanders of Lake Titicaca use solar panels to generate their electricity. Beyond the gaze of eco-tourists, deep in protected reserves, the rainforests of Madre de Dios support tribes of native Indians pursuing a stone-age existence.Max Milligan has left virtually no stone unturned in his explorations; whether recording the icy source of the Amazon, the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Fitzcarraldo's trade routes or the cactus forests of Apurimac, his passion and determination to do his subject justice shine through. With its magical photography and lively text, endorsed in the foreword by John Hemming (whose own definitive work The Conquest of the Incas was described in The Times as 'superbly vivid history distinguished by formidable scholarship'), Realm of the Incas is, quite simply, the culmination of Max Milligan's fifteen-year love affair with Peru's fabled Inca Region.

Realm of the Incas

Arts & Photography

Milligan, Max

Individual Artists

HARPER/COLLINS

This guide illustrates and describes almost every non-passerine species of bird in South America. Featuring 1273 species, it gives information on key identification features, habitat, and songs and calls. All plumages for each species are also illustrated.

Birds of South America (Collins Field Guide)

Mata, Jorge R. Rodriguez & Erize, Francisco & Rumboll, Maurice

Biological Sciences

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