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Antiquities
Nordenskiöld, Erland, 1877-1932
L'archéologie du bassin de l'Amazone.
Ars americana, I. Paris, G. Van Oest, 1930.
913.8 fN755 RBOF
Description and Travel
Brackenridge, H. M. (Henry Marie), 1786-1871
Voyage to South America, Performed by Order of the American Government, in the Years 1817 and 1818, in the Frigate Congress.
Baltimore: Published by the author, 1819. 2 vols.
918 B725 RBG
Coulter, John
Adventures on the Western Coast of South America, and the Interior of California: Including a Narrative of Incidents at the Kingsmill Islands, New Ireland, New Britain, New Guinea, and Other Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847. 2 vols.
910 C832 RBG
Gerstäcker, Friedrich, 1816-1872
Narrative of a Journey round the World. Comprising a Winter-Passage across the Andes to Chili; with a Visit to the Gold Regions of California and Australia, the South Sea Islands, Java & c.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854, 1853.
910.4 G324 RBG
Marcoy, Paul
Travels in South America: From the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.
New York: Scribner, Armstrong, 1875.
918 Sa22 RBG
Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826
A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages Travels in All Parts of the World: Many of Which Are Now First Translated into English; Digested on a New Plan.
Vol. 14. South America.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808-1814.
910 P655g V.14 RBG
Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929
The Flowing Road: Adventuring on the Great Rivers of South America.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1912.
F2223.W62 1912b RBG
History
Pazos Kanki, Vicente, 1779-1851?
Letters on the United Provinces of South America, Addressed to the Hon. Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives in the U. States.
Trans. Platt H. Crosby, Esq. New York: Printed by J. Seymour, 49 John-street; London: By J. Miller, Bow-street, Covent Garden, 1819.
980 P29l RBG
Maps
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
L'Amérique meridionale: dressée sur les observations de Mrs. de l'Académie Royale des Sciences & quelques autres, & sur les memoires les plus recens.
Amsterdam: Chez I. Covens & C. Mortier, [1722].
G5200 1708.L5 1722 RBMC
Argentina
Description and Travel
Bourne, Benjamin Franklin
The Captive in Patagonia, or, Life among the Giants: A Personal Narrative.
Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1853.
F2936.B79 RBG
Byron, John, 1723-1786
Byron's Narrative; Containing an Account of the Great Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coasts of Patagonia, from the Year 1740, till Their Arrival in England, 1746. With a Description of St. Iago de Chili, and the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. Also, a Relation of the Loss of the Wager Man of War, One of Admiral Anson's Squadron.
Dublin: Printed by R. Napper, 1817.
918.2 B996 RBG
Page, Thomas Jefferson, 1808-1899
La Plata, the Argentine Confederation, and Paraguay; Being a Narrative of the Exploration of the Tributaries of the River La Plata and Adjacent Countries During the Years 1853, '54, '55, and '56, under the Orders of the United States Government.
New York: Harper, 1859.
918.2 P145 RBG
History
Dana, William
Manuscript. Letters and records, 1823-1830.
Transcripts in several hands. Correspondence and records concerning dissolution of the firm Dana and Carman, Buenos Aires, written while Dana was acting U.S. consul in Buenos Aires and partner of Dana and Carmen.
.D27 RBG
Fine Binding
Larreta, Enrique Rodríguez, 1875-1961
La gloria de don Ramiro, una vida en tiempos de Felipe II.
Ed. conmemorativa, con ilus. del autor. [Buenos Aires]: Grandes Librerías Anaconda [1933]. Horse hair binding.
863 L328g RBG
Bolivia
Geography
Church, George Earl, 1835-1910
The Route to Bolivia via the River Amazon. A Report to the Governments of Bolivia and Brazil.
London: Printed by Waterlow and Sons Limited, 1877.
330.984 C473 RBG
Brazil
Description and Travel
Adalbert, Prinz von Preussen, 1811-1873
Travels of His Royal Highness Prince Adalbert of Prussia in the South of Europe and in Brazil, with a Voyage Up the Amazon and Xingú.
Trans. Sir Robert H. Schomburgk and John Edward Taylor. London: David Bogue, 1849. 2 vols.
918.1 Ad12 RBG
Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873
A Journey in Brazil.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868.
918.1 Ag16 RBG
Callcott, Maria, Lady, 1785-1842
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil, and Residence There, During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823. By Maria Graham.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824.
918.1 C131 RBG
Dunn, Ballard S., 1829-1897
Brazil, the Home for Southerners: Or, A Practical Account of What the Author, and Others, Who Visited That Country, for the Same Objects, Saw and Did While in That Empire.
New York, G.B. Richardson, 1866.
918.1 D922 RBG
Edwards, William Henry, 1822-1909
A Voyage Up the River Amazon: Including a Residence at Pará.
New York: D. Appleton, 1847.
918.1 Ed98 RBG
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870
Life in Brazil, or, A Journal of a Visit to the Land of the Cocoa and the Palm: With an Appendix, Containing Illustrations of Ancient South American Arts in Recently Discovered Implements and Products of Domestic Industry, and Works in Stone, Pottery, Gold, Silver, Bronze, &c.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856.
F2513 .E94 RBG
Hadfield, William, 1806-1887
Brazil, the River Plate, and the Falkland Islands: With the Cape Horn Route to Australia, Including Notices of Lisbon, Madeira,
the Canaries and Cape Verds.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854.
F2513 .H12 RBG
Kidder, Daniel P. (Daniel Parish), 1815-1891
Brazil and the Brazilians: Portrayed in Historical and Descriptive Sketches.
Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson; Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1857.
918.1 K538 RBG
Kidder, Daniel P. (Daniel Parish), 1815-1891
Sketches of Residence and Travels in Brazil, Embracing Historical and Geographical Notices of the Empire and Its Several Provinces.
Philadelphia: Sorin & Ball; London: Wiley & Putnam, 1845. 2 vols.
918.1 K538s RBG
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
Relation abrégée d'un voyage fait dans l'interieur de l'Amérique méridionale: depuis la côte de la mer du Sud, jusqu'aux côtes du Brésil & de la Guiane, en descendant la rivière des Amazones, lûe à l'assemblée publique de l'Acdémie des Sciences, le 28. avril 1745.
Paris: Chez la Veuve Pissot, Quay de Conti, a la Croix d'Or, 1745.
F2546.L148 RBG
Nieuhof, Johannes, 1618-1672
Voyages and Travels into Brasil and the East-Indies.
London: J. Walthoe, 1732.
G160.N54 1732 RBG
History
Armitage, John, 1807-1856
The History of Brazil, from the Period of the Arrival of the Braganza Family in 1808, to the Abdication of Don Pedro the First in 1831. Compiled from State Documents and Other Original Sources. Forming a Continuation to Southey's History of That Country.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1836.
981 Ar55 RBG
Gandavo, Pero de Magalhães, d. 1576
The Histories of Brazil . . . with a Facsimile of the Portuguese Original, 1576.
Trans. John B. Stetson, Jr. Documents and Narrativs Concerning the Discovery and Conquest of Latin America, No. 5. New York: The Cortes Society, 1922.
972 C8181 RBG
Kidder, Daniel P. (Daniel Parish), 1815-1891
Brazil and the Brazilians: Portrayed in Historical and Descriptive Sketches.
Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson ; Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1857.
918.1 K538 RBG
Chile
Description and Travel
Appleton, Elizabeth Haven, 1815-1890
Insurrection at Magellan. Narrative of the Imprisonment and Escape of Capt. Chas. H. Brown, from the Chilian Convicts.
Boston: Pub. for the author by G. C. Rand, 1854.
983 Ap53i RBG
Bourne, Benjamin Franklin
The Captive in Patagonia, or, Life among the Giants: A Personal Narrative.
Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1853.
F2936.B79 RBG
Byron, John, 1723-1786
Byron's Narrative; Containing an Account of the Great Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coasts of Patagonia, from the Year 1740, till Their Arrival in England, 1746. With a Description of St. Iago de Chili, and the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. Also, a Relation of the Loss of the Wager Man of War, One of Admiral Anson's Squadron.
Dublin: Printed by R. Napper, 1817.
918.2 B996 RBG
Callcott, Maria, Lady, 1785-1842
Journal of a Residence in Chile, During the Year 1822. And a Voyage from Chile to Brazil in 1823. By Maria Graham.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, and John Murray, 1824.
918.3 C131 RBG
Gerstäcker, Friedrich, 1816-1872
Narrative of a Journey round the World. Comprising a Winter-Passage across the Andes to Chili; with a Visit to the Gold Regions of California and Australia, the South Sea Islands, Java & c.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854, 1853.
910.4 G324 RBG
Hall, Basil, 1788-1844
Extracts from a Journal, Written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822.
2nd ed. Edinburgh: A. Constable and Co., 1824. 2 vols.
918 H14 RBG History
Vicuña Mackenna, Benjamín, 1831-1886
La guerra a muerte. Memoria sobre las últimas campañas de la independencia de Chile, 1819-1924.
Santiago: Imprenta Nacional, 1868.
983 V666g RBG
Vicuña Mackenna, Benjamín, 1831-1886
A Sketch of Chili, Expressly Prepared for the Use of Emigrants, from the United States and Europe to That Country, with a Map, and Several Papers Relating to the Present War between That Country and Spain, and the Position Assumed by the United States Therein.
New York: Printed by S. Hallet, 1866.
983 V666 RBG
Colombia
Description and Travel
Duane, William, 1760-1835
A Visit to Colombia, in the Years 1822 & 1823, by Laguayra and Caracas, over the Cordillera to Bogota, and Thence by the Magdalena to Cartagena.
Philadelphia: T.H. Palmer, 1826.
918.6 D85 RBG
Knowles, Charles, Sir, 1704?-1777
An Account of the Expedition to Carthagena: With Explanatory Notes and Observations.
London: Printed for M. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-noster-Row, 1743.
F2272.5.A15 RBG
Uribe Angel, Manuel, 1822-1904
Geografía general y compendio historico del estado de Antioquia en Colombia.
Paris: Imprenta de Victor Goupy y Jourdan, 1885.
F2281.A6 U7 RBG
Equador
Description and Travel
Whymper, Edward, 1840-1911
Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator.
London: J. Murray, 1892.
F3741.A6 W6 1892b RBG
Guiana
Description and Travel
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618
The Discoverie of the Large, Rich, and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana: With a Relation of the Great and Golden Citie of Manoa (Which the Spanyards Call El Dorado) and of the Provinces of Emeria, Arromaia, Amapaia, and Other Countries, with Their Rivers, Adjoyning, Performed in the Yeare 1595 by Sir W. Ralegh, Knight.
Cleveland: World Publishing Company, [1966].
E129.R2 A25 1966 RBG
Paraguay
Description and Travel
Page, Thomas Jefferson, 1808-1899
La Plata, the Argentine Confederation, and Paraguay; Being a Narrative of the Exploration of the Tributaries of the River La Plata and Adjacent Countries During the Years 1853, '54, '55, and '56, under the Orders of the United States Government.
New York: Harper, 1859.
918.2 P145 RBG
Peru
Art
Izcue, Elena
El arte peruano en la escuela; L'art péruvien à l'école; Peruvian Art in the School.
Paris: Editorial Excelsior, [1926]. 2 vols.
745 Izla RBG
Description and Travel
Brand, Charles
Journal of a Voyage to Peru: A Passage across the Cordillera of the Andes in the Winter of 1827, Performed on Foot in the Snow; and a Journey Across the Pampas.
London: H. Colburn, 1828.
918 B733j RBG
Hall, Basil, 1788-1844
Extracts from a Journal, Written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822.
2nd ed. Edinburgh: A. Constable and Co., 1824. 2 vols.
918 H14 RBG
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
Relation abrégée d'un voyage fait dans l'interieur de l'Amérique méridionale: depuis la côte de la mer du Sud, jusqu'aux côtes du Brésil & de la Guiane, en descendant la rivière des Amazones, lûe à l'assemblée publique de l'Acdémie des Sciences, le 28. avril 1745.
Paris: Chez la Veuve Pissot, Quay de Conti, a la Croix d'Or, 1745.
F2546.L148 RBG
History
Pizarro, Pedro, 16th cent
Relation of the Discovery and Conquest of the Kingdoms of Peru.
Trans. Philip Ainsworth Means. Documents and Narratives Concerning the Discovery and Conquest of Latin America, No. 4. New York: Cortes Society 1921. 2 vols.
972 C8181 no.4 RBG
Sancho, Pedro
An Account of the Conquest of Peru.
Trans. Philip Ainsworth Means. Documents and Narratives Concerning the Discovery and Conquest of Latin America, No. 2.
New York: The Cortes Society, 1917.
972 C8181 no.2 RBG
Uruguay
Description and Travel
Page, Thomas Jefferson, 1808-1899
La Plata, the Argentine Confederation, and Paraguay; Being a Narrative of the Exploration of the Tributaries of the River La Plata and Adjacent Countries During the Years 1853, '54, '55, and '56, under the Orders of the United States Government.
New York: Harper, 1859.
918.2 P145 RBG
Venezuela
History
Biggs, James
The History of Don Francisco de Miranda's Attempt to Effect a Revolution in South America, in a Series of Letters . . . to Which are Annexed, Sketches of the Life of Miranda, and Geographical Notices of Caraccas.
2d ed. Boston: Published by Edward Oliver, 1810.
980 B484 RBG
