At Home With the Patagonians - A Year s Wanderings Over Untrodden Ground From Straits of Magellan

This instructive 1871 work records a year spent among native Patagonians, covering the customs of the Tehuelche people in particular.

List of contents

Preface; 1. From the straits to Santa Cruz; 2. Santa Cruz; 3. The Rio Chico; 4. Hennokaik to Teckel; 5. Manners and customs of the Tehuelches; 6. Teckel to Geylum; 7. Las Manzanas; 8. Geylum to Patagones; 9. The Rio Negro settlements; Appendices.

Summary

Nicknamed 'the king of Patagonia', George Chaworth Musters (1841–79) published this work in 1871. He records a year spent living among native Patagonians, giving a detailed account of Tehuelche customs and daily life in particular. This accessible book remains an instructive history of South American exploration and anthropology.

Product details

• Authors: George Musters, George Chaworth Musters
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2013
• EAN: 9781108066792
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06679-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology