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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: Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies, Volume 1
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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 1 also contains the main
travel account of his journey from England to Chile, geographical
descriptions of the places he explored there, and an account of his
plans and negotiations to build a copper-refining plant. The work
is a rich source of botanical information and offers an insight
into Victorian perceptions of Chile.
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