READING GUIDE

PATAGONIA WITH THE FALKLAND ISLANDS & CAPE HORN

ere is a brief selection of favorite, new and hard-to-find books, prepared for your journey. For your convenience, you may call (800) 342-2164 to order these books directly from Longitude, a specialty mail-order book service. To order online, and to get the latest, most comprehensive selection of books for your voyage, go directly to reading.longitudebooks.com/HM25865.

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Item EXPAT142. Buy these 5 items as a set for $89 including shipping, 15% off the retail price. With free shipping on anything else you order. Bruce Chatwin In Patagonia 1989, PAPER, 204 PAGES, $16.00 A masterpiece of travel, history and adventure, this award-winning book captures the spirit of the land, history, wildlife and people of Patagonia. There's no travel writer as engaging, insightful and just plain wonderful as Bruce Chatwin. (Item PAT01)

Gerald Durrell The Whispering Land 2006, PAPER, 240 PAGES, $15.00 A sparkling account of an eight-month jaunt on the trail of fur seals, guanaco, parrots and other Patagonian marvels. Excellent family reading. (Item PAT13)

Wayne Bernhardson Moon Handbook Patagonia 2014, PAPER, 550 PAGES, $21.99 A practical guide in the Moon series, packed not only with travel necessities (hotels, restaurants, sights), but also with a good overview of history and destinations throughout Patagonia. (Item PAT73)

Frank Todd Birds & Mammals of the Antarctic, Subantarctic & Falkland Islands 2004, PAPER, 138 PAGES, $29.95 Compact and comprehensive, this indispensable photo guide by Mr. Penguin himself includes all the hard-to-identify seabirds of Antarctic waters. (Item ANT213)

ITMB Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego Map 2011, MAP, $12.95 This handy map shows all Patagonia on one side (1:2,000,000), with a more detailed map of Tierra del Fuego (1:750,000) on the reverse. (Item PAT19)

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National Geographic Chile Adventure Map 2011, MAP, $11.95 This National Geographic Adventure map includes a clear view of Chile from Laguna San Rafael south to Cape Horn (1,1,750,000). (Item CHI05)

Ocean Explorer Maps Falkland Islands Explorer Map 2007, MAP, $11.95 Nigel Sitwell, publisher of the Antarctic Explorer (ANT128) and other terrific maps, created this double-sided beauty – with color photographs and information on wildlife and exploration. (Item ANT180)

Zagier & Urruty Maps Torres del Paine Map 2008, MAP, $14.95 This detailed walking map (1:80,000) includes trekking routes, refuges and color topography. (Item CHI12)

Insight Guides Insight Guide Chile 2012, PAPER, 380 PAGES, $24.99 This glossy guide provides a full-color introduction by a team of experts to the land, people, history and attractions of Chile. Brief background essays highlight important topics. With many local and regional maps. (Item CHI03)

Chris Moss Patagonia, A Cultural History 2008, HARD COVER, 328 PAGES, $26.95 A journalist with the Buenos Aires Herald, Moss follows a colorful cast of characters – from Magellan and Darwin to mad kings, gauchos, and Nazi fugitives – in this vivid overview of the culture and history of Patagonia. (Item PAT81)

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Michael Reid Forgotten Continent 2009, PAPER, 400 PAGES, $26.00 Economist editor Reid draws on his years in the cities, presidential palaces and shantytowns of Central and South America in this portrait of a region rich in oil, farmland and culture, with consideration on its prospects in the face of globalization. (Item SAM123)

Susan Alcorn Patagonia Chronicle: On Foot in Torres del Paine 2012, PAPER, 292 PAGES, $17.95 A comprehensive guide to Torres del Paine National Park, featuring journal entries, interviews, historic documents and essays alongside maps, time and mileage charts and elevations. (Item PAT86)

Rockwell Kent Voyaging, Southward from the Strait of Magellan 2000, PAPER, 208 PAGES, $19.95 An illustrated account of Rockwell's foolhardy voyage with a madman through magnificent Tierra del Fuego in a jury-rigged lifeboat. Both the text and striking woodcut illustrations communicate this dangerous landscape's dynamic character. (Item CHI29)

Dallas Murphy Rounding the Horn 2005, PAPER, 358 PAGES, $18.00 A sailor at heart, Dallas Murphy gets himself down to Ushuaia, embarks a sturdy vessel and heads out to experience the wind and weather of Tierra del Fuego. In his informative account, Dallas interweaves plenty of history, a little rather naive politics and the story of his own adventures. (Item PAT65)

Eric Simons Darwin Slept Here: Discovery, Adventure, and Swimming Iguanas in Charles Darwin's South America 2010, PAPER, 304 PAGES, $14.95 Simons captures the exuberance and wide-eyed wonder of Darwin's adventures in South America in this refreshingly irreverent account. (Item SAF233)

Lucas Bridges The Uttermost Part of the Earth 2007, HARD COVER, 558 PAGES, $40.00 This beloved memoir of Harberton estancia and early settlers, explorers and ways of the Yagan and Ona peoples who once populated the wild shores of Tierra del Fuego is a favorite, back in print with an introduction by Natalie Goodall. (Item PAT04)

Sara Wheeler Travels in a Thin Country, A Journey through Chile 1996, PAPER, 304 PAGES, $18.00 British author Sara Wheeler deploys her wit, intelligence and powerful investigative skills on the Republic of Chile in this insightful travelogue. (Item CHI06)

John Harrison Where the Earth Ends, A Journey Beyond Patagonia 2000, PAPER, 401 PAGES, $21.95 A spirited tale of adventures in the southern tip of South America, south from the Pampas and Patagonia to Punta Arenas, the Beagle Channel, Ushuaia – and Antarctica. (Item PAT57)

Antoine de Saint Exupery Night Flight 1986, PAPER, 87 PAGES, $12.95 Saint Exupery captures the thrill and mystery of early flight in this tale of a pilot alone in a storm over the Andes en route to Buenos Aires. (Item PAT09)

Marcos Zimmerman, Tomas Eloy Martinez Patagonia, Nature's Last Frontier 2008, HARD COVER, 160 PAGES, $49.95 The Argentine novelist Tomas Eloy Martinez (Santa Evita) provides the astute commentary for this collection of color photographs of Patagonia's windswept interiors, wild coast, mountains, glaciers and wildlife. (Item PAT82)

Martin D. la Pena, Maurice Rumboll Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica 2001, PAPER, 224 PAGES, $29.95 With color plates, range maps and brief descriptions, this is a compact regional guide. (Item SAM12)

Sharon Chester A Wildlife Guide to Chile 2008, PAPER, 392 PAGES, $19.95 Chester's splendid guide, featuring 120 color plates, covers the wildlife, plants and natural history of Chile from the Atacama Desert and Patagonia to Easter Island and Antarctica. (Item CHI77)

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