south america

". . . [A] recounting of Alexander Von Humboldt's five year expedition in South America . . . complete with excerpts from Humboldt's own diaries, atlases, and publications . . ."--Publisher provided.

Tells the love story of eighteenth-century European couple Isabela and Jean Godin, who were reunited after a twenty-year separation in South America when Isabela traversed the Andes and the Amazonian jungle to reach Jean, outliving everyone in her traveling party.

Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara chronicles his 1952 adventure on motorbike throughout South America with friend Alberto Granado, during which he came face-to-face with the realities of poverty throughout the continent.

The author relates his adventures attempting to retrace the route taken by Che Guevara in 1952 on a eight-month motorcycle tour of the back roads of South America, discussing his encounters with the people and places visited by the legendary revolutionary.