Preface | p. xi |
Foreword | p. xiii |
Introduction | p. xv |
The First Day | p. 1 |
Towards Rosario | p. 5 |
The Rolling Pampas | p. 12 |
The Desolation of Santiago Del Estero | p. 19 |
Tucuman: "The Argentine Eden" | p. 23 |
Entering the Mighty Andes | p. 28 |
Preparing for Rough Mountain Travel | p. 37 |
Through Mighty Quebradas and Over Wind-swept Mountains Towards the Bolivian Border | p. 39 |
Into the Land of the Quichuas | p. 50 |
Indian Superstitions | p. 56 |
A Long-Forgotten Spanish Gold Trail | p. 58 |
Potosi, the Old Mecca of Greedy Spanish Conquistadors | p. 64 |
Among the Aymara Indians | p. 66 |
An Old Indian Legend | p. 68 |
Towards Lake Popo | p. 68 |
Over the Vast and Barren Bolivian Altiplano | p. 78 |
La Paz: "The Hidden City" | p. 86 |
Titicaca: "The Sacred Lake" | p. 88 |
On Peruvian Soil | p. 97 |
Towards the Ancient Capital of the Mighty Incas | p. 107 |
Glorious Old Cuzco | p. 110 |
Into the Heart of the Andes | p. 118 |
Civilisation Again | p. 133 |
Landslides--A Detour--A Mountain Storm | p. 138 |
A Famous Indian Market--"The Roof of the World"--Down to the Pacific Ocean | p. 144 |
Lima: The Old City of Kings | p. 148 |
The Sandy Deserts of the Peruvian Coast | p. 158 |
The Highland of Ecuador | p. 200 |
Quito | p. 225 |
Crossing the Line | p. 227 |
Colombia | p. 229 |
A Long and Eventful Side Trip to Bogota | p. 235 |
The First Tragedy in El Vergel | p. 240 |
The Great Swamp Barrier | p. 244 |
Magdalena: The River of Mud and Crocodiles | p. 248 |
"A Dios" South America! | p. 255 |
The Silent Canal | p. 259 |
Good Times | p. 261 |
A Question and its Answer | p. 264 |
Mancha Suffers a Slight Accident | p. 265 |
Westward Ho! | p. 268 |
Into the Green Labyrinth | p. 281 |
An Unmarked Border in the Midst of Jungles | p. 284 |
Climbing Up to the "Middle of the World" | p. 290 |
Civilisation Once More | p. 295 |
San Jose of Costa Rica | p. 296 |
Side-stepping a Revolution | p. 299 |
San Salvador | p. 301 |
Guatemala, the Land of the Quetzal | p. 312 |
Guatemala City | p. 317 |
Old Guatemala | p. 319 |
Volcanic Regions of Singular Beauty | p. 320 |
Towards the Mexican Border--A Glorious View--Descent into Steaming Tropical Low-Land | p. 327 |
The Land of the Charros | p. 329 |
A Difficult Stretch | p. 335 |
Old Tehuantepec | p. 355 |
Oaxaca | p. 366 |
In the Sierras | p. 369 |
Mexico City | p. 379 |
The Mexican Mesa | p. 384 |
Over Barren Plains Towards the Rio Grande | p. 404 |
Texas at Last--Victory in Sight! | p. 407 |
Busy Days | p. 437 |
Farewell U.S.--Back to the Pampas | p. 441 |
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