WITH 145 ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR

LONDON: STANLEY PAUL & CO.
31 ESSEX STREET, STRAND, W.C.

First published in 1913
THIS BOOK IS BY KIND PERMISSION
DEDICATED TO
SIR OWEN PHILIPPS, K.C.M.G.
TO WHOSE NAME NO TRAVELLER TO SOUTH AMERICA
NEEDS INTRODUCTION
THE AUTHOR FEELS THAT THIS SLIGHT TRIBUTE
IS DUE TO ONE WHO HAS DONE AND IS
STILL DOING MUCH TO LINK UP
THE OLD WORLD WITH THE VAST TERRITORIES
DEALT WITH IN THE ENSUING PAGES

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I.][Early Adventurers and Discoveries][17]
[II.][The Sighting of the Pacific][26]
[III.][The Buccaneers][34]
[IV.][On the Way to the Southern Continent][48]
[V.][Of the Labourers on the Isthmus][60]
[VI.][Canal Projects: Old and New][72]
[VII.][Panama][97]
[VIII.][The Panamanians][104]
[IX.][Colombia and Cartagena][117]
[X.][Ecuador][127]
[XI.][“The City of the Kings”][131]
[XII.][Peru—“The Country of Marvels”][138]
[XIII.][“The Gateway to an Imprisoned Land”][149]
[XIV.][“The Land of Nitrates”][157]
[XV.][Argentina][167]
[XVI.][The Camp][180]
[XVII.][A Live Industry][197]
[XVIII.][On the Road to Paraguay][208]
[XIX.][Asuncion][226]
[XX.][A South American Dictator][240]
[XXI.][More Modern Times in Paraguay][244]
[XXII.][A Glance at Brazilian History][249]
[XXIII.][“A City of Paradise”][263]
[XXIV.][Vianna][278]
[XXV.][Some Excursions from Rio][286]
[XXVI.][São Paulo][299]
[XXVII.][A Source of Light and Power][319]
[XXVIII.][Coffee][327]
[XXIX.][The Forest][338]
[Index][351]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS