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03815aam a22004098i 4500 001 FEA0FACEE96D11E8978F920F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20181116010210 008 171107s2018 utuab b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2017052578 020 $a 1607816105 020 $a 9781607816102 035 $a (OCoLC)1012697407 040 $a CoU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCQ $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a s-cl--- 050 00 $a F3131 $b .F73 2018 082 00 $a 983/.14 $2 23 100 1 $a Francaviglia, Richard V., $e author. 245 10 $a Imagining the Atacama Desert : $b a five hundred year journey of discovery / $c Richard V. Francaviglia. 263 $a 1803 264 1 $a Salt Lake City : $b The University of Utah Press, $c [2018] 300 $a xviii, 435 pages : $b illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; $c 26 cm 520 $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 AtacamenÌo 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. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [367]-400) and index. 505 00 $t "Knowledge of the territory" : Atacama discoveries in personal perspective. $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. 651 0 $a Atacama Desert (Chile) $x Discovery and exploration. 651 0 $a Atacama Desert (Chile) $x Civilization. 650 0 $a Physical geography $z Atacama Desert. $z Atacama Desert. 650 7 $a Civilization. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00862898 650 7 $a Discoveries in geography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00894950 650 7 $a Physical geography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01062647 651 7 $a Chile $z Atacama Desert. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01240649 776 08 $i Online version: $a Francaviglia, Richard V. $t Imagining the Atacama Desert. $d Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2018] $z 9781607816119 $w (DLC) 2017056146 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20190212025121.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FEA0FACEE96D11E8978F920F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search