A Tour Through South America

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CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FOREWORD

CHAPTER I Early Adventurers and Discoveries

CHAPTER II The Sighting of the Pacific

CHAPTER III The Buccaneers

CHAPTER IV On the Way to the Southern Continent

CHAPTER V Of the Labourers on the Isthmus

CHAPTER VI Canal Projects: Old and New

CHAPTER VII Panama

CHAPTER VIII The Panamanians

CHAPTER IX Colombia and Cartagena

CHAPTER X Ecuador

CHAPTER XI " The City of the Kings "

CHAPTER XII Peru "The Country of Marvels"

CHAPTER XIII "The Gateway to an Imprisoned Land"

CHAPTER XIV " The Land of Nitrates "

CHAPTER XV Argentina

CHAPTER XVI The Camp

CHAPTER XVII A Live Industry

CHAPTER XVIII On the Road to Paraguay

CHAPTER XIX Asuncion

CHAPTER XX A South American Dictator

CHAPTER XXI More Modern Times in Paraguay

CHAPTER XXII A Glance at Brazilian History

CHAPTER XXIII " A City of Paradise "

CHAPTER XXIV Vianna

CHAPTER XXV Some Excursions from Rio

CHAPTER XXVI SAo Paulo

CHAPTER XXVII A Source of Light and Power

CHAPTER XXVIII Coffee

CHAPTER XXIX The Forest

INDEX

Contents.

List of Illustrations
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Index: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y.

(etext transcriber's note)

A TOUR THROUGH SOUTH AMERICA

 
 
 
 

 

A TOUR THROUGH
SOUTH   AMERICA
:: BY A. S. FORREST ::



 



WITH 145 ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR


LONDON: STANLEY PAUL & CO.
31 ESSEX STREET, STRAND, W.C.

First published in 1913


THIS BOOK IS BY KIND PERMISSION
DEDICATED TO

SIR OWEN PHILIPPS, K.C.M.G.
TO WHOSE NAME NO TRAVELLER TO SOUTH AMERICA
NEEDS INTRODUCTION
THE AUTHOR FEELS THAT THIS SLIGHT TRIBUTE
IS DUE TO ONE WHO HAS DONE AND IS
STILL DOING MUCH TO LINK UP
THE OLD WORLD WITH THE VAST TERRITORIES
DEALT WITH IN THE ENSUING PAGES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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