Author: Jorge A. Flores OchoaPublisher:
ISBN: 9788489119024
Category : Alpaca
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Gold of the Andes
Author: Jorge A. Flores OchoaPublisher:
ISBN: 9788489119024
Category : Alpaca
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Gold of the Andes
Author: Gold of the Andes
Author: Jorge A. Flores OchoaPublisher:
ISBN: 9788489119000
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Gold of the Andes
Author: Brooklyn MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Goldwork
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Life and Death in the Andes
Author: Kim MacQuarriePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 143916892X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
“A thoughtfully observed travel memoir and history as richly detailed as it is deeply felt” (Kirkus Reviews) of South America, from Butch Cassidy to Che Guevara to cocaine king Pablo Escobar to Charles Darwin, all set in the Andes Mountains. The Andes Mountains are the world’s longest mountain chain, linking most of the countries in South America. Kim MacQuarrie takes us on a historical journey through this unique region, bringing fresh insight and contemporary connections to such fabled characters as Charles Darwin, Che Guevara, Pablo Escobar, Butch Cassidy, Thor Heyerdahl, and others. He describes living on the floating islands of Lake Titcaca. He introduces us to a Patagonian woman who is the last living speaker of her language. We meet the woman who cared for the wounded Che Guevara just before he died, the police officer who captured cocaine king Pablo Escobar, the dancer who hid Shining Path guerrilla Abimael Guzman, and a man whose grandfather witnessed the death of Butch Cassidy. Collectively these stories tell us something about the spirit of South America. What makes South America different from other continents—and what makes the cultures of the Andes different from other cultures found there? How did the capitalism introduced by the Spaniards change South America? Why did Shining Path leader Guzman nearly succeed in his revolutionary quest while Che Guevara in Bolivia was a complete failure in his? “MacQuarrie writes smartly and engagingly and with…enthusiasm about the variety of South America’s life and landscape” (The New York Times Book Review) in Life and Death in the Andes. Based on the author’s own deeply observed travels, “this is a well-written, immersive work that history aficionados, particularly those with an affinity for Latin America, will relish” (Library Journal).
Gold of the Andes: The Andean camelids. Man's relationship with the camelids
Author: Jorge A. Flores OchoaPublisher:
ISBN: 9788489119017
Category : Alpaca
Languages : en
Pages :
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Treasures of the Andes
Author: Jeffrey QuilterPublisher: Duncan Baird Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Centuries before the Incas, a number of advanced cultures flourished in the Andes. This beautifully illustrated study examines the rise and fall of these different peoples, and their magnificent legacy of design and craftsmanship. Surviving artifacts show incredible skill and sophistication, from exquisitely detailed textiles, ceramics, and metalwork to spectacular architectural sites. Tracing the connections between symbolism and belief, art, and myth, Treasures of the Andes sets the riches of South America in their historical and regional context and restores an important missing piece in the jigsaw puzzle of the world's great civilizations.
The Potato Treasure of the Andes
Author: Christine GravesPublisher: International Potato Center
ISBN: 9789290602057
Category : Indians of South America
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Gold of the Andes
Author: Miguel Mujica GalloPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
El Dorado in the Marshes
Author: Massimo Livi BacciPublisher: Polity
ISBN: 0745645534
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
The search for gold and for the mythical El Dorado gripped the imagination of the conquistadors from the beginning of the sixteenth century. Crossing over the Andes, they explored the unknown eastern forests and jungles, launching expeditions that were often disastrous and always disappointing. As the range of exploration expanded, El Dorado retreated, always just beyond the horizon. The last goal of these explorations was the land of the Mojos, a land located in the upper Amazon basin and which lies many months of the year submerged under water. It is a mysterious land and, as legend had it, inhabited by a people rich in gold and precious stones. Yet all the Spaniards found – as narrated in these compelling pages – was a limitless swamp, sparsely inhabited by a small number of people and so ill suited to usual system of productive forced labor. It was the Jesuits instead who established here a network of missions second in size and population only to that or Paraguay and so went in search of souls rather than gold.