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61) Colombia
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Frommer's guides aren't written by committee, or by travel writers who simply pop in briefly to a destination and then consider the job done. Frommer's authors Nicholas Gill and Caroline Lascom have been covering Colombia for over a decade and this book hits all the highlights, from the Amazon to the Andes. Gill and Lascom provide insights and detailed information so you can better explore the exquisite colonial core of Cartagena; enjoy the nightlife...
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Antes de ingresar en la Compañía de Jesús José Quiroga (1707-1784) fue marino. Junto con los jesuitas Cardiel y Strobel realizó una expedición naval entre 1745-1746 desde Buenos Aires por la costa patagónica hasta Puerto Deseado y Puerto de la Cruz, de la que existe una relación y cartografía.
Después de haber determinado con exactitud la posición geográfica de los treinta pueblos de Misiones y la de las ciudades de la Asunción, Corrientes,...
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Colombia is a beautiful and wild place full of danger and adventure. Follow as I recount my travels through the country and how I put down roots. Moving to Colombia presented many challenges and difficulties that I have overcome and here I will share them with you as I explored the country, culture, and Colombian life as a resident rather than a tourist. Going to Colombia has been one of the most crazy experiences in my entire life.
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Journey into the Costa Rican imagination through twenty-six remarkable stories, selected and organized regionally for the curious traveler. Here, for the first time in English, the best of Costa Rica's writers conjure the country's allure and vitality, its coffee fields and palm groves, cicadas and songbirds, shrouded mountains and blazing savannas, while telling stories unique to Costa Rican life. Contributors include Alfredo Aguilar, Fernando Durán...
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En el 2011, Os viajó por primera vez fuera de Venezuela, su destino fue Cuba y aquella vez iba acompañada y en plan de mochilera. Ese viaje sería el disparador de lo que ahora es uno de sus objetivos permanentes, viajar; y con él observar y documentar cada una de sus experiencias. Años después, Os recorrería varios países de Suramérica, esta vez a solas con Mandarina, pero con muchas ganas de derribar prejuicios y sobre todo sus propios miedos.
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By turns and anecdotal and practical, this book tells the tales of the jungle and most of its dark secrets. Armchair travelers and true Indiana Joneses will benefit equally from Coningham's unique expertise on life in one of the most dangerous natural habitats on earth.
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Linked by the sinuous spine of the Andes, Peru, Bolivia & Ecuador are born of a synthesis of ancient America and medieval Europe. Footprint's Peru, Bolivia & Ecuador Handbook will guide you from the unforgettably unique Galápagos Islands, through the awe-inspiring citadel of Machu Picchu, to the shimmering turquoise waters of Lake Titicaca. • Great coverage of the top activities and sights in the region, including the colonial treasures of Quito;...
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Apuntaciones sueltas de Inglaterra. Leandro Fernández de Moratín
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Encontrones por las calles. Los ingleses que van deprisa, sabiendo que la línea recta es la más corta, atropellan cuanto encuentran; los que van cargados con fardos o maderos, siguen su camino, no avisan a nadie y dejan caer a cuantos hallan por delante.
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Los que barren las calles piden dinero a los que pasan; las mujeres que venden bollitos o estampas,...
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En su pasaje de su prólogo al Viaje al río de la Plata, Bartolomé Mitre afirma:
El juicio respecto del libro de Schmídel, Viaje al río de la Plata, está definitivamente formado y es unánime. Hulsius dice que leyó el manuscrito original «con placer y admiración». Camus, entre otros méritos, le reconoce el ser uno de los primeros que se hayan escrito sobre esta parte de la América meridional.
Azara, tan severo con los cronistas del Río...
70) Conversational Spanish Quick and Easy: The Most Innovative Technique to Learn the Spanish Language
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Have you always wanted to learn how to speak Spanish but simply didn't have the time?
Well if so, then, look no further. You can hold in your hands one of the most advanced and revolutionary method that was ever designed for quickly becoming conversational in a language. In creating this time-saving program, master linguist Yatir Nitzany spent years examining the twenty-seven most common languages in the world and distilling from them the three hundred...
71) The Coca Box
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Funny and fanciful, this is a book about a Coca Box, and an unlikely travel foursome exploring the art and archaeology of Peru. Except that one member of the team likes to collect Pre-Columbian pottery. If trafficking in archaeological materials is unlawful, it seems to matter little, and in the end, it appears her efforts were futile. Everything she bought was fake. Or was it? We may never know. Meantime we bounce over desert tracks along Perus North...
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This book is about a paranormal experience that I had lived while completing an Ayahuasca ritual on September 18th, 2015 in Peru, where I had an encounter with an entity from another dimension who claimed to be God and who called himself IZOEK. The writing revolves around the revelation of life and message to the world from this entity that has impacted my life exponentially to initiate a search of this truth that we all think to know. Additionally,...
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Begin your tango journey to Buenos Aires! Experience the tango dance halls (milongas), the dinner shows, tango bars, and restaurants that feature tango. Learn where the icons of tango are immortalized. Know where to dance and what is expected of the visitor who traverses the culture of tango. The author, a single woman traveling alone, visited Buenos Aries many times over many years. Recently, she lived there for a year, keeping a journal of her...
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A ride from the Alto Plano of Bolivia and Peru to the frozen tip of Patagonia; on the world's most dangerous road, where the stakes are high, on to Argentina's fabled Ruta 40, where the steaks are large and cheap. Across salt pans, into mud holes, up the Andes and down again; past the ruins of the ruins of Macchu Pichu, and on the edge of the epicentre of the Chilean earthquake. Through a land of contrasts - mountains and lowlands, deserts and glaciers,...
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The author is researching a history of Bolivia and is determined to visit every corner of that vast country - famous for its extremes. Along the way he visits arid deserts and steaming jungles, tours silver, copper, tin and led mines high in the Andes. He travels the most dangerous roads in the Americas. Rides buses, trains, trucks, boats and even an ox cart. He is one of the last people to take the steamer across Lake Titicaca and to ride the infamous...
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Patricia Woodard had always wanted to live and work in a foreign country, but the dream seemed to be elusive. Then in the summer of 1975 while she was teaching summer school in her hometown of Whiteville, North Carolina, she received a telegram offering her a teaching position in Bogot, Colombia. Excited and stunned to finally be realizing her dream, she accepted the offer and set off for a year high on a plateau in the Andes Mountains. Several years...
77) Bolivia
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Bolivia is home to enormous biodiversity: surreal volcanic landscapes, lush valleys, vast salt flats and Amazon jungle. Footprint's 6th edition Bolivia Handbook will guide you from the blinding-white expanse of Salar de Uyuni and racing round hairpin bends on the most dangerous road in the world to the stunning turquoise of Lake Titicaca. • Great coverage of the top activities and sights in the country, including trekking, wildlife spotting & the...
78) Bogotana
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La narradora chilena Alejandra Costamagna viaja a Bogotá convocada por un encuentro de escritura in situ. En diez días registra las frecuencias del habla, los lenguajes impredecibles del cielo, las narrativas del horror, la violencia que colinda con el goce y la rumba. El escritor venezolano Slavko Zupcic recorre Bogotá muchos años antes, por medio del castellano dulce de sus amigos colombianos migrantes, sin nunca visitarla. La imaginó como...
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Rio de Janeiro is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Samba the night away in Lapa, people-watch and sip sunset cocktails on Ipanema Beach or get up close to Christ the Redeemer and marvel at the panoramic view of Rio; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Rio de Janeiro and...
80) Colombia
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From its vibrant and lively cities to snow-capped volcanoes and white-sand beaches, Colombia offers enormous variety. Footprint's 5th edition Colombia Handbook will guide you from salsa clubs & gold museums to the Amazon jungle and mountain peaks.
• Great coverage of the top activities and sights in the region, including numerous adventure sports, jungle trekking and hot springs
• Loaded with information and suggestions on how to get off the...
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