British exploits in South America; a history of British activities in exploration, military adventure, diplomacy, science, and trade, in Latin American . A SOUTH AMERICAN HOME BRITISH EXPLOITSIN SOUTH AMERICA A History of British Activities in Explo-ration, Military Adventure, Diplomacy,Science, and Trade, in Latin-America BY W. H. KOEBEL Author of Argentina, Past and Present, Modern Chile, Romance of the River Platte, Uruguay, The South Americans, from the Social and Industrial Point of View, Modern Argentina, Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of South America. ILLUSTRATED WITHPHOTOGRAPHS A
British exploits in South America; a history of British activities in exploration, military adventure, diplomacy, science, and trade, in Latin American . A SOUTH AMERICAN HOME BRITISH EXPLOITSIN SOUTH AMERICA A History of British Activities in Explo-ration, Military Adventure, Diplomacy,Science, and Trade, in Latin-America BY W. H. KOEBEL Author of Argentina, Past and Present, Modern Chile, Romance of the River Platte, Uruguay, The South Americans, from the Social and Industrial Point of View, Modern Argentina, Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of South America. ILLUSTRATED WITHPHOTOGRAPHS AND OLD PRINTS. NEW YORKTHE CENTURY CO. 1917 63912 ?^ PREFACE Among such merits as I may claim for this work is atotal lack of haste in its preparation. Written under thestress of no other pre-occupation save that caused by thedeep shadow of the war, there has been no question hereof a rapid gathering together of material; but ratherthat of a lengthy process of selection. To pick out themost salient features from the vast field of British enter-prise in South America is not an easy task. This book having been written in the comparative soli-tude of the country, and its sources of information largelyderived from my own library, I have taxed the good na-ture of a smaller number than usual of the various ex-perts. It is, nevertheless, impossible for me to pass bythe names of three gentlemen without a special note ofthanks. The first of these is his Excellency Senor Don AgustinEdwards, that most notable Chilean Minister Plenipoten-tiary in London, whose kindness in obtaining informationconcerning the e
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