Bruce Chatwin · 1977 · overland

Bruce Chatwin's 1977 travel classic. Chasing a scrap of prehistoric skin from his grandmother's cabinet, Chatwin travels to the far south of Argentina and Chile - from Buenos Aires down through the wind-scoured emptiness of Patagonia to the Welsh settlements, Butch Cassidy's hideout, and the strait of Tierra del Fuego - collecting stories of exiles, outlaws and dreamers at the end of the world.

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   Buenos Aires

   Where Chatwin begins his journey south, drawn by a childhood relic - a piece of 'brontosaurus' skin - toward the far end of the American continent.

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   Bariloche

   The Andean lake district, gateway to the Patagonian interior, where Chatwin gathers tales of Welsh pioneers, German exiles and the outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

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   Punta Arenas

   The southern port on the Strait of Magellan, near the journey's end, where the threads of exile and legend converge at the very bottom of the map.