From 1900-1930, the gauchos, or gypsy cowboys, of Argentina produced thousands of documentary photographs of the national landscape as they roamed the plains and settled virgin territories. These images were turned into postcards, which showed the world for the first time a wild and beautiful territory very much in the process of transformation. Comprising almost the entire southern half of South America, Argentina is the worlds eighth largest country, covering an area of almost two million square miles. Home to the Andes Mountains, it possesses some of the worlds tallest peaks, expansive deserts, and impressive waterfalls, with wild, remote areas in southern Patagonia and bustling cities in the north. This small, gift-format volume features a key selection of these original postcards, often reproduced with stamps, postmarks and personal inscriptions intact. Waterfalls, bridges, mountain ranges, desert passes and settlements are all captured here in their original sepia tones, tinted with period color.
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Jesuit Naturalists: Nature, Evangelization, And… The Jesuits that lived and worked in South America made important contributions to the knowledge about New World nature in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This knowledge was reflected in several published and unpublished natural histories, as well as in herbals and letters that circulated among the members of the…
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