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Travels in Chile and La Plata - Including Accounts Respecting the Geography, Geology, Statistics, Government, Finances, Agriculture, Manners and Customs, and the Mining Operations in Chile (Paperback)
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Travels in Chile and La Plata - Including Accounts Respecting the Geography, Geology, Statistics, Government, Finances, Agriculture, Manners and Customs, and the Mining Operations in Chile (Paperback)
Series: Travels in Chile and La Plata, Volume 2
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The botanist and mining engineer John Miers (1789 1879) published
Travels in Chile and La Plata in 2 volumes in 1826. The work is an
account of his travels and residence in Chile between 1818 and 1825
and his investigations into the cultural, political, geographical
and botanical aspects of the country. Richly illustrated with maps
and his own drawings, the work is most valuable for the data it
contains from Miers' research into the plants and birds he found
there, including drawings and descriptions of many species
previously unknown to the West. Volume 2 also gives an account of
Chile's political and economic history; its religion and culture;
its trade, agriculture and mining; and contains an appendix listing
the plants and animals he examined. The work is both a rich source
for geographical and botanical information and offers an insight
into Victorian perceptions of Chile.
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