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A geography of hard times : narratives about travel to South America, 1780-1849
2004
Overview
This fascinating glimpse into South America’s past focuses on the works of four European voyagers who came to South America and left a legacy of travel writing in their wake: José Celestino Mutis, a Spanish botanist and doctor; Alexander von Humboldt, a German geographer; Maria Graham, a British historian; and Flora Tristán, a French feminist and labor activist whose father was Peruvian. Each took on his or her voyage as a personal endeavor, and collectively their travels covered the Andes from its northern traces in Venezuela to the southern heights of Chile and Arequipa. Their writing contributed to the construction of a complex map of the Andes in which many levels of physical and social geography may be read. By analyzing the travelers’ narratives, illustrations, and maps, Ángela Pérez-Mejía unravels the rich complexities of the colonial travel experience, explores its impact on both the object of description and the traveler’s subjectivity, and the collective readership seeking a discourse of nationhood.
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Subject
/ Andes Region -- Description and travel
/ Andes Region -- Social life and customs
/ Callcott, Maria, Lady, 1785-1842
/ Callcott, Maria, Lady, 1785-1842 -- Diaries
/ Diaries
/ European
/ History
/ Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
/ Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 -- Diaries
/ Mutis, Jose Celestino, 1732-1808
/ Mutis, José Celestino, 1732-1808 -- Diaries
/ Travelers' writings, European
/ Travelers' writings, European -- History and criticism
/ Tristan, Flora, 1803-1844 -- Diaries
/ Visitors, Foreign -- Latin America -- Attitudes
/ Visitors, Foreign -- Latin America -- History -- 18th century
/ Visitors, Foreign -- Latin America -- History -- 19th century
ISBN
0791460142, 9780791460146, 0791460134, 9780791460139
