Patagonians

List patagonians

• George Chaworth Musters - At Home with the PatagoniansA

  

  In he went on a tour of southern spain with his uncle philip and brother johnhe was promoted to commander, but took half-pay in and took the opportunity to explore the regionhis nickname 'the king of patagonia' also dates from this time” read moregeorge chaworth musters - at home with the patagonians: a year's wanderings over untrodden ground from the straits of magellan to the rio negro - the very rare first editionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeincluding frontispiece and folding map of patagoniafrom to he served in the sloop hms stromboli off the coast of south americain good conditionhis explorations were the subject of his book at home with the patagonianare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki(nd ed, ), and led to his being awarded a gold watch in by the royal geographical societyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website“george chaworth musters was born in naples, where his parents were travellingthe following year he joined the navygreen cloth binding with gilt printplates are completehe was orphaned by the age of 4, and was cared for by his uncles captain philip hamond, and robert nicholas hamondhe travelled with a tribe of patagonian indians for around a yearhe served in hms algiers from and saw action in the crimean war, receiving the english and turkish crimean medalscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available

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• Chile, Concepción - Mocha Island; De Bry - Giants in

  

  In the images, patagonians are depicted as giants - which they were believed to be by europeans (patagonia literally translates as "giant feet")our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin van noort departed from the spice islands on an expedition around the world, via the straits of magellan, to disrupt spanish dominance in the americas and the eastplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteearly view of van noort in patagonia in -beautiful early engraving by de bry -good condition - trimming, toning, and small tear to pagethe dutch were fed chicha, a fermented local drink prepared by the older womenthe image shows them celebrating by playing the flute and drinking to excessin this image, van noort is anchored off the island of la mocha, near concepción, chile, in marchcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available

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