Item #14658 The South American Tour. Annie Smith Peck.

The South American Tour

New York: George H. Doran, 1913.

Hardcover. Near fine. Early reprint. pp [xvi], 298, with index, bibliography, folding map, and illustrations from photographs. Original pictorial cloth lightly rubbed at the corners, bookplate of Roy Cleve Bagley and another previous owner's name and old price on front endpapers. After traveling extensively in South America to scale several sizeable peaks, Peck became an enthusastic promoter of American tourism and investment there. This book described how a tourist might travel in safety and comfort and offered details of sights to be seen--from small villages to major cities--in Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil.

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