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| Preface | vii | ||
| Acknowledgements | ix | ||
| A Patagonian Timeline (136 Kb) | xi | ||
| Part 1 | The Explorers | 1 | |
| 1 | Magellan Finds His Strait (910 Kb) | 3 | |
| 2 | Sir Francis Drake, Pirate to Her Majesty | 21 | |
| 3 | The Curse of Sarmiento de Gamboa | 39 | |
| 4 | The Voyages of Thomas Cavendish | 59 | |
| 5 | John Narborough's Voyage to Chile | 75 | |
| 6 | The First Voyage of the Beagle | 93 | |
| 7 | The Second Voyage of the Beagle (872 Kb) | 121 | |
| Part 1I | The People | 139 | |
| 8 | Tales from Patagonia | 141 | |
| 9 | Here Be Giants | 161 | |
| 10 | The Fuegians at Home | 189 | |
| 11 | Mission to Patagonia | 213 | |
| 12 | The Battle of the Book | 243 | |
| Part I1I | The Places | 259 | |
| 13 | Death at San Julián (1 Mb) | 261 | |
| 14 | An Exploration of Río Santa Cruz | 283 | |
| Part IV | Patagonia Today | 295 | |
| 15 | Down and Around in Patagonia | 297 | |
| 16 | Tierra del Fuego Today | 313 | |
| 17 | Santa Cruz Today | 325 | |
| Notes | 331 | ||
| Bibliography | 363 | ||
| Maps and Engravings | 375 | ||
| Index | 379 | ||
| Illustrations | 402 | ||
| Maps and Charts | 405 | ||