Travels in Chile and La Plata
Including Accounts Respecting the Geography, Geology, Statistics, Government, Finances, Agriculture, Manners and Customs, and the Mining Operations in Chile

A celebrated Victorian account of travels and life in Chile and a rich source of botanical information on the country.

John Miers (Author)

9781108072960, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 May 2011

572 pages, 8 b/w illus. 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 3.2 cm, 0.72 kg

The botanist and mining engineer John Miers (1789–1879) published Travels in Chile and La Plata in 2 volumes in 1826. The work is an account of his travels and residence in Chile between 1818 and 1825 and his investigations into the cultural, political, geographical and botanical aspects of the country. Richly illustrated with maps and his own drawings, the work is most valuable for the data it contains from Miers' research into the plants and birds he found there, including drawings and descriptions of many species previously unknown to the West. Volume 2 also gives an account of Chile's political and economic history; its religion and culture; its trade, agriculture and mining; and contains an appendix listing the plants and animals he examined. The work is both a rich source for geographical and botanical information and offers an insight into Victorian perceptions of Chile.

14. Political history of Chile
15. Political history of Chile
16. Political history of Chile
17. Political history of Chile – government
18. Finance
19. Religion, morals, manners, and customs of the Chilenos
20. Trade, commerce, manufactures, weights and measures
21. Agriculture, tenures
22. Mines, mining
23. Mines, mining
24. The Indians
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Historical geography [HBTP]