This book describes the history of Patagonia from its discovery by Magellan to recent times. Since its early exploration Patagonia has been associated with cond

Some fourteen to ten thousand years ago, as ice-caps shrank and glaciers retreated, the first bands of hunter-gatherers began to colonize the continental extrem

This book gives a comprehensive picture of the activities and the creative heritage of Simon Stevin, who made outstanding contributions to various fields of sci

The author reminds us all of the huge part that British capital, British people and British technology played in transforming Argentina into a modern 20th centu

Patagonia is a strange and terrifying place, a vast tract of land shared by Argentina and Chile where the violent weather spawned over the southern Pacific char