Tschiffely's Ride Southern Cross to Pole Star

Name: Tschiffely's Ride Southern Cross to Pole Star
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ISBN: 9781590480113

ISBN-10: 1590480112

ISBN-13: 9781590480113

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Authors: Aime Tschiffely, R. B. Cunninghame Graham

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No one knew they were looking at a hero and his two horses. Instead the local press derided him as "a lunatic proposing to ride overland to New York." The time was 1925. The place, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Standing on the threshold of equestrian travel history was a young Swiss Long Rider named Aime Tschiffely. Next to him were his two faithful Criollo horses, Mancha and Gato. Their collective goal was to ride more than ten thousand miles from Buenos Aires to New York. No one had ever attempted such a journey. Everyone thought Tschiffely was mad. Looking back on what would become the most famous equestrian journey of the modern age, it is difficult to believe that anyone doubted the…

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List price: $25.00
Publisher: Long Riders' Guild Press, The
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 532
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Preface	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
The First Day	p. 1
Towards Rosario	p. 5
The Rolling Pampas	p. 12
The Desolation of Santiago Del Estero	p. 19
Tucuman: "The Argentine Eden"	p. 23
Entering the Mighty Andes	p. 28
Preparing for Rough Mountain Travel	p. 37
Through Mighty Quebradas and Over Wind-swept Mountains Towards the Bolivian Border	p. 39
Into the Land of the Quichuas	p. 50
Indian Superstitions	p. 56
A Long-Forgotten Spanish Gold Trail	p. 58
Potosi, the Old Mecca of Greedy Spanish Conquistadors	p. 64
Among the Aymara Indians	p. 66
An Old Indian Legend	p. 68
Towards Lake Popo	p. 68
Over the Vast and Barren Bolivian Altiplano	p. 78
La Paz: "The Hidden City"	p. 86
Titicaca: "The Sacred Lake"	p. 88
On Peruvian Soil	p. 97
Towards the Ancient Capital of the Mighty Incas	p. 107
Glorious Old Cuzco	p. 110
Into the Heart of the Andes	p. 118
Civilisation Again	p. 133
Landslides--A Detour--A Mountain Storm	p. 138
A Famous Indian Market--"The Roof of the World"--Down to the Pacific Ocean	p. 144
Lima: The Old City of Kings	p. 148
The Sandy Deserts of the Peruvian Coast	p. 158
The Highland of Ecuador	p. 200
Quito	p. 225
Crossing the Line	p. 227
Colombia	p. 229
A Long and Eventful Side Trip to Bogota	p. 235
The First Tragedy in El Vergel	p. 240
The Great Swamp Barrier	p. 244
Magdalena: The River of Mud and Crocodiles	p. 248
"A Dios" South America!	p. 255
The Silent Canal	p. 259
Good Times	p. 261
A Question and its Answer	p. 264
Mancha Suffers a Slight Accident	p. 265
Westward Ho!	p. 268
Into the Green Labyrinth	p. 281
An Unmarked Border in the Midst of Jungles	p. 284
Climbing Up to the "Middle of the World"	p. 290
Civilisation Once More	p. 295
San Jose of Costa Rica	p. 296
Side-stepping a Revolution	p. 299
San Salvador	p. 301
Guatemala, the Land of the Quetzal	p. 312
Guatemala City	p. 317
Old Guatemala	p. 319
Volcanic Regions of Singular Beauty	p. 320
Towards the Mexican Border--A Glorious View--Descent into Steaming Tropical Low-Land	p. 327
The Land of the Charros	p. 329
A Difficult Stretch	p. 335
Old Tehuantepec	p. 355
Oaxaca	p. 366
In the Sierras	p. 369
Mexico City	p. 379
The Mexican Mesa	p. 384
Over Barren Plains Towards the Rio Grande	p. 404
Texas at Last--Victory in Sight!	p. 407
Busy Days	p. 437
Farewell U.S.--Back to the Pampas	p. 441
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