Author

Publication

2005-06-01 - Bradt Travel Guides

Language

English

Word Count

174,000 words, Guess

Page Count

696 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCF3059.5

Description

This guide to Chile focuses on the country's natural history and culture. It encompasses every aspect of this geographically diverse country, from the immense deserts and peaks in the north to the dense rainforests and glaciers of the south.

First Sentence

What is now Chile's Norte Grande began to appear from the sea about 390 million years ago, in the Devonian period, the rest of the country gradually following; 52 million years ago Antarctica began to separate itself from South America, and 35 million years ago the south sank as the Andes rose, pushed up by the South American plate rising over the Nazca and Antarctic plates.

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