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The highest Andes : a record of the first ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina, and the exploration of the surrounding valleys / by E.A. Fitz Gerald ... with chapters by Stuart Vines ... and contributions by Professor Bonney ... [et al.]
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1899 Fitz
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fitz Gerald, E. A. (Edward Arthur), 1871-1931.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mountaineering.
- Aconcagua, Mount (Argentina).
- Andes--Description and travel.
- Andes.
- Tupungato (Mountain).
- Genre:
- Gold tooled bindings (Binding) -- 1899.
- Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1899.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 390 p. : plates, fold. maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Methuen & Co., 1899.
- Contents:
- Introductory
- To Mendoza and Vacas
- General aspects of the Andes
- Up the Vacas valley
- First attempt on Aconcagua
- The attack renewed
- The ascent accomplished
- Beaten back by snow and cold
- Further attempts on Aconcagua
- The second ascent of Aconcagua
- Twenty-three thousand feet above the sea
- A trip to Chile
- The first ascent of the Catedral
- Work in the Horcones valley
- Heading for Tupungato
- The first attack on Tupungato
- More attempts on Tupungato
- Tupungato ascended
- The summit and the descent
- The last of Aconcagua
- A lost volcano
- The Horcones valley in winter
- The Posada at Inca
- The pass in winter
- Lightbody's crossing of the Andes
- We leave the Andes
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Notes on rock specimens collected in the Chilian Andes by Mr. Fitz Gerald's expedition
- Appendix B: Notes on the fossils from the Chilian Andes collected by Mr. Fitz Gerald's expedition
- Appendix C: Notes on the natural history of the Aconcagua valleys
- Appendix D: The boundary dispute between Chile and the Argentine Republic
- Index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in red cloth with text and image of a vulture in gold on front cover. Text in gold on spine.
- Athenaeum copy: Gift: A.C. Simpson, 1966.
- Athenaeum copy: Stamped on first page: "Received Oct - 1966."
- OCLC:
- 1186730
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