A Description of Patagonia, and the Adjoining Parts of South America: Containing an Account of the Soil, Produce, Animals, Vales, Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, etc. of Those Countries

Thomas Falkner

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A Description of Patagonia, and the Adjoining Parts of South America

Containing an Account of the Soil, Produce, Animals, Vales, Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, etc. of Those Countries

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Thomas Falkner

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: March 2014
Print publication year:: 2013
First published in:: 1774
Online ISBN:: 9781139775472
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139775472

Subjects:: Area Studies, Latin American Studies, Geography, Historical Geography, History, Latin American History
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies

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Thomas Falkner (1707–84), one-time pupil of both Richard Mead and Isaac Newton, was an English Jesuit missionary who lived for nearly forty years in South America until 1767, when he returned to England following the Jesuits' expulsion from Córdoba. Originally published in 1774 in the hope that it 'might be of some public utility, and might also afford some amusement to the curious', this is a first-hand description of Patagonia, believed to have been consulted by Charles Darwin on board the Beagle. Illustrated with a map drawn from the author's knowledge and experience, it is an account of the dramatic physical geography of the area as well as the customs, beliefs and language of its inhabitants. Falkner's narrative ranges from a discussion of the virtues of American tea (in certain particulars 'far excelling the tea of China') to a detailed depiction of the role of wizards and rituals involving demons.

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A Description of Patagonia, and the Adjoining Parts of South America

Containing an Account of the Soil, Produce, Animals, Vales, Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, etc. of Those Countries

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

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pp vii-viii

Contents
pp ix-xii

PREFACE
pp 1-24

INTRODUCTION
pp 25-28

CHAPTER I - Of the soil and produce of the most southern part of America
pp 29-45

CHAPTER II - Description of the Indian country, with its vales, mountains, rivers, &c.–Great River La Plata, with its branches, fish and ports
pp 45-66

CHAPTER III - Continuation of the description of the Indian country, with its vales, mountains, rivers, &c.–Tierra del Fuego.–Falkland's Islands
pp 66-95

CHAPTER IV - An account of the inhabitants of the most southern part of America, described in the map
pp 96-113

CHAPTER V - The religion, government, policy, and customs, of the Moluches and Puelches
pp 114-131

CHAPTER VI - An account of the language of the inhabitants of these countries
pp 132-143

VOCABULARY
pp 144-144

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