Andes
By: Michael Jacobs
Publisher: Counterpoint
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781582437378
Subjects: Travel; Description and travel
Notes: Originally published: London : Granta, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The view from afar; title: How it all began; title: Cabinets of curiosities; title: pt. 2. The tropics; title: Hotel Humboldt; title: Distant mountains; title: Bolívar's dream; title: Bolívar, mirror of the Andes; title: Nevado the dog; title: Delirium; title: The consolation of plants; title: To the enchanted lake; title: pt. 3. The centre; title: Journeys to the middle of the world; title: Andean baroque; title: Climbing the volcanoes; title: Lost treasures; title: Heart of the Andes; title: Ancient roads; title: Omens; title: Extreme adversities; title: And the mountains came to the city; title: Blood fiesta; title: Shining paths; title: Resurrection; title: Villages of the runaway Slaves; title: pt. 4. The south; title: Lengthening shadows; title: Spain was here; title: Where the Andes end.