Cruise Through History: Ports of South America (eBook)

 Preface. 3Acknowledgements 5Introduction – Different Interpretations of a Common Beginning. 6[Map placeholder] 9[Timeline placeholder] 10Brazil 11Rio de Janeiro – Brazil’s Father of Flight 11Salvador Bahia – The Colorful History of Brazil 18Manaus – A City Built by White Gold. 27Amazon – Theodore Roosevelt’s Amazing Adventure on the Río Téodoro. 35French Guiana. 42The Infamous Residents of Devil’s Island. 42Remembering the Affair: A Cautionary Tale. 48Uruguay. 53A Little History of the Little Country Wanted by All 53Argentina. 61Buenos Aires – Neighborhoods 61Buenos Aires – Women of the Bridge. 69Buenos Aires – Defining Culture in Gaucho, Tango, and Literature. 77Puerto Madryn – History, Politics, and Economics in Argentina. 84Ushuaia – FitzRoy and His Beagle Forecast Tierra del Fuego. 94Falkland Islands 104A Little Bit of Britain in South America. 104Chile. 110Patagonia: Land of Gauchos, Kings, and a City of Gold at the End of the World. 110Punta Arenas – First Families of the Golden Age. 118Punta Arenas – From Penal Colony to Penguins and National Park. 124Juan Fernandez Islands – The Real Robinson Crusoe. 132Valparaiso – Learning to Fly without Wings, Politics and Economics in Chile. 140Valparaiso/Santiago – Fugue of Cultures in History. 149Valparaiso – Paradise of Wine and Food in Chile. 156Peru. 163Lima – World of the Inca. 163Lima – A Modern City of Art and Colonial Elegance. 173Arica – Mystery of Ancient Marvels 182Ecuador 188Galápagos – Beyond the Beagle. 188Manta/Guayaquil – The Cultures of Ecuador 193Manta – Hats Off to Ecuador 202Colombia. 207Cartagena – The City of Gold and Flowers 207Santa Marta – Following in the Footsteps of Bolivar 215At Sea. 223Magellan in the Age of Discovery. 223The Voyages of Columbus 233