Cruise Through History: Ports of South America: Itinerary 9

by Sherry Hutt PH.D.

Overview

This itinerary begins in Brazil and runs clockwise around the continent to Colombia. A recurrent theme running through the ports is their shared common beginning as lands of discovery and the conquest, or attempted conquest, of native peoples, once Christopher Columbus made his initial landings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781942153078
Publisher:	Digby Creations
Publication date:	12/29/2017
Series:	Cruise Through History , #9
Pages:	530
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.07(d)

Table of Contents

Preface. 3

Acknowledgements 5

Introduction – Different Interpretations of a Common Beginning. 6

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Brazil 11

Rio de Janeiro – Brazil’s Father of Flight 11

Salvador Bahia – The Colorful History of Brazil 18

Manaus – A City Built by White Gold. 27

Amazon – Theodore Roosevelt’s Amazing Adventure on the Río Téodoro. 35

French Guiana. 42

The Infamous Residents of Devil’s Island. 42

Remembering the Affair: A Cautionary Tale. 48

Uruguay. 53

A Little History of the Little Country Wanted by All 53

Argentina. 61

Buenos Aires – Neighborhoods 61

Buenos Aires – Women of the Bridge. 69

Buenos Aires – Defining Culture in Gaucho, Tango, and Literature. 77

Puerto Madryn – History, Politics, and Economics in Argentina. 84

Ushuaia – FitzRoy and His Beagle Forecast Tierra del Fuego. 94

Falkland Islands 104

A Little Bit of Britain in South America. 104

Chile. 110

Patagonia: Land of Gauchos, Kings, and a City of Gold at the End of the World. 110

Punta Arenas – First Families of the Golden Age. 118

Punta Arenas – From Penal Colony to Penguins and National Park. 124

Juan Fernandez Islands – The Real Robinson Crusoe. 132

Valparaiso – Learning to Fly without Wings, Politics and Economics in Chile. 140

Valparaiso/Santiago – Fugue of Cultures in History. 149

Valparaiso – Paradise of Wine and Food in Chile. 156

Peru. 163

Lima – World of the Inca. 163

Lima – A Modern City of Art and Colonial Elegance. 173

Arica – Mystery of Ancient Marvels 182

Ecuador 188

Galápagos – Beyond the Beagle. 188

Manta/Guayaquil – The Cultures of Ecuador 193

Manta – Hats Off to Ecuador 202

Colombia. 207

Cartagena – The City of Gold and Flowers 207

Santa Marta – Following in the Footsteps of Bolivar 215

At Sea. 223

Magellan in the Age of Discovery. 223

The Voyages of Columbus 233