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008			171120s2018 utuab ob 001 0 eng
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050	1	4	_aF3131 _b.I434 2018
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aFrancaviglia, Richard V., _e1
245	1	0	_aImagining the Atacama Desert : _ba five hundred year journey of discovery / _cRichard V. Francaviglia.
246	3		_aImagining the Atacama Desert : _ba 500 hundred year journey of discovery
260			_aSalt Lake City : _bThe University of Utah Press, _c(c)2018.
300			_a1 online resource (xviii, 435 pages)
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338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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505	0	0	_t"A desert picture of great beauty" : an introduction to the Atacama Desert -- _t"El gran despoblado" : early narratives and images of empire building, ca. 1530-1700 -- _t"The great desert of Atacama" : the dawn of science, ca. 1700-1865 -- _t"A centre of enterprise ... and civilisation" : transforming the Atacama Desert, ca. 1865-1945 -- _t"A playground for scientists and explorers" : the Atacama as exceptional, ca. 1945 to the present -- _t"Knowledge of the territory" : Atacama discoveries in personal perspective.
520	0		_a"Widely regarded as the driest place on earth, the seemingly desolate Atacama Desert of Chile is a place steeped in intrigue and haunted by collective memories. This book, based on archival research and the author's personal field work, brings together the works of geographers, historians, anthropologists, botanists, geologists, astronomers, novelists, and others to offer a nuanced understanding of this complex desert landscape. Beginning with the indigenous Atacameño peoples at the southern edge of the Incan Empire, the volume moves through five hundred years of history, sharing accounts written by Spanish, French, German, Dutch, British, American, and other travelers pirates, scientists, explorers, and entrepreneurs among them. The Atacama's austere landscape hides many secrets, including vast mineral wealth, the world's oldest mummies, and the more recent remains of dissidents murdered by the regime of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in the early 1970s. Today numerous observatories operate under the Atacama's clear night skies, astronauts train on the rugged desert floor, and tourists flock there for inspiration. In addition to a rich set of narratives, the book features 115 images historical maps, photographs, and natural history illustrations, most in full color to tell a more complete and compelling story. Imagining the Atacama Desert shows how what was once a wilderness at the edges of empire became one of South America's most iconic regions, one that continues to lure those seeking adventure and the unknown"--Provided by publisher.
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650		0	_aPhysical geography _zChile _zAtacama Desert.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1945610&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell