Cultured Travel Guide Books - Voyage of the Water Witch: A Scientific Expedition to Paraguay & the LA Plata Region |
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 918.212
EAN: 9780911437157
ISBN: 0911437150
Label: Labyrinthos
Manufacturer: Labyrinthos
Number Of Pages: 106
Publication Date: 1985-06
Publisher: Labyrinthos
Studio: Labyrinthos |
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Summary: gunships and explorations
Comment: Wood's book is a very informative account of a little known episode in US and Paraguayan history. The exploration of the Water Witch was central in a set of events that followed: the opening of the river waterways, the end of the isolation of Paraguay and, as a consequence, its diminished safety, that led to its destruction in the 1865-1870 war. The limits of the book are its lack of context (Perry's expedition to Japan for instance, the US expedition against Paraguay in 1855, the consequences of the opening of the riverways), some imprecisions (the battle of Monte Caseros is placed some 500 km. from where it was fought) and the poor quality of the illustrations.
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