A Description of Patagonia, and the Adjoining Parts of South America: Containing an Account of the Soil, Produce, Animals, Vales, Mountains, Rivers, L

by Thomas Falkner

Thomas Falkner (1707-84), one-time pupil of both Richard Mead and Isaac Newton, was an English Jesuit missionary who lived for nearly forty years in South America until 1767, when he returned to England following the Jesuits' expulsion from C rdoba. Originally published in 1774 in the hope that it 'might be of some public utility, and might also afford some amusement to the curious', this is a first-hand description of Patagonia, believed to have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108060544
• ISBN13: 9781108060547
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"