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Carpenter's Geographical Reader: South America

Name: Carpenter's Geographical Reader: South America
Author: Frank G. Carpenter

Frank G. Carpenter

Read by MaryAnn, BettyB, Andrea Kotzer, Julie Barkley, Michael Fassio, Kalynda and Larry Wilson · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Preface (3:33)
From New York to Panama (10:43)
The Isthmus of Panama (10:13)
Across Panama to the Pacific (6:38)
The Republic of Columbia (12:23)
The Land of the Equator (16:40)
The Great South American Desert (13:28)
In Lima, the Capital of Peru (12:04)
Up the Andes (8:23)
On the Roof of South America (12:25)
Steamboating above the Clouds (7:15)
Travels in Bolivia (10:54)
The Mineral Wealth of the Andes (8:27)
On the Nitrate Desert and the Guano Islands (9:36)
Along the Coast to Valparaiso (10:13)
Across South America by Rail (9:52)
Santiago, the Capital of Chile (10:06)
A Visit to a Chilean Farm (7:03)
Southern Chile and the Araucanians (9:41)
In the Coal Mines of Chile (10:14)
In and about the Strait of Magellan (11:46)
At the End of the Continent (12:28)
In Argentina -- Patagonia (10:36)
In Argentina -- Life on the Pampas (10:08)
In the Great Fruit and Bread Lands of South America (13:25)
In Buenos Aires (10:36)
Uruguay -- In Montevideo, the Paris of South America (10:40)
Up the Rio de la Plata System (15:14)
In Paraguay (11:35)
Paraguay -- A Trip into the Interior (10:27)
Paraguay -- A curious Tea -- The Chaco and its Indians (11:52)
In Brazil -- The Wilds of Matto Grosso (7:28)
Southern Brazil (11:07)
In the Land of Coffee (12:05)
Rio de Janeiro (11:17)
More about Rio (12:10)
Bahai and the Diamond Mines (10:20)
Along the Coast of Brazil (11:06)
The Valley of the Amazon (8:52)
Para, the Metropolis of the Amazon (8:27)
In the Land of Rubber (12:28)
A Trip on the Amazon (11:02)
On the Orinoco and the Llanos (9:58)
Venezuela and its Capital (8:31)
In the Guianas (12:41)