European Encounters with the Yamana People of Cape Horn, Before and After Darwin

by Anne Chapman

Book Overview

This is a documented narration of dramas played out from 1578 to 2000 in the Cape Horn area, Tierra del Fuego, by the native Yamana and Charles Darwin, explorers, sealers, whalers, Anglican missionaries, and three other famous people who made contact with some of the last Yamana. The narration, based on geographical, historical, and ethnographic sources and Anne Chapman's fieldwork with the last few descendants of the Yamana, describes the Europeans'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107617022
• ISBN13: 9781107617025
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 746 Pages
• Weight: 2.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"