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The Explorers of South America

by: Goodman, Edward J.

The Explorers of South America

by: Goodman, Edward J.

ISBN 13:
9780806124209
ISBN 10:
0806124202
Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 04/01/1992
Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

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A narrative history of exploration from Christopher Columbus to the 19th century, with journal excerpts, diaries and other writings of the explorers themselves. Goodman has marshaled his wide-ranging research and lifelong interest in exploration into a comprehensive, scholarly history. A reprint of the original 1972 edition, the tales have lost none of their luster.

Foreword
The First Century: Discovery and Conquest
Columbus and the Age of Discovery	p. 3
Sixteenth-Century Maritime Exploration: The Outline of the Continent	p. 22
Sixteenth-Century Penetration into the Interior: West and South	p. 45
Sixteenth-Century Penetration into the Interior: East and North	p. 66
The Age of Expansion: For God, Slaves, and Gold
The Missionaries	p. 87
The Bandeirantes	p. 102
The Struggle for the Amazon Valley	p. 116
Mines and Monsoons	p. 133
Challenge and Response in the South	p. 146
The Enchanted City and the Chilean Archipelago	p. 170
The Early Scientist-Explorers
The Measurement of the Earth	p. 183
Eighteenth-Century Maritime Scientific Exploration	p. 204
Eighteenth-Century Continental Scientific Exploration	p. 222
The New World of Alexander von Humboldt	p. 245
The Great Age of Scientific Exploration
The Great Naturalists	p. 267
Government Sponsored Explorations: Early Nineteenth Century	p. 296
Government Sponsored Explorations: Later Nineteenth Century	p. 314
Private and Privately Sponsored Nineteenth-Century Explorations	p. 332
The Mountains and the Desert	p. 348
Twentieth-Century Exploration	p. 361
Epilogue	p. 378
Bibliography	p. 381
Index	p. 399
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The Explorers of South America

The Explorers of South America

9780806124209

0806124202

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