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2025-11-14
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The Tail of the Hemisphere - Chile & Argentina

Frank G. Carpenter (1855 - 1924)

Visiting Chile and Argentina on the continent of South America the author gives the reader an eyewitness account of the people, culture, industries, religions and native life of these two countries. - Summary by Betty B

Genre(s): Travel & Geography

Language: English

Keyword(s): history (896), religion (736), culture (79), geography (54), South America (43), argentina (13), chile (8)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Just A Word Before We Start BettyB
 00:03:11
Play 02 Chile's Andean Gateway BettyB
 00:13:20
Play 03 In the Nitrate Desert BettyB
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Play 04 The Chile of Today BettyB
 00:21:25
Play 05 Yankee Enterprise on the West Coast BettyB
 00:12:46
Play 06 The Nerve Centre of the West Coast BettyB
 00:16:24
Play 07 How the Republic is Governed BettyB
 00:11:47
Play 08 Among the Chilenos BettyB
 00:12:46
Play 09 Big Farms of the Central Valley BettyB
 00:08:49
Play 10 Winter Fruits for American Tables BettyB
 00:14:02
Play 11 Concepcion and the Lota Mines BettyB
 00:10:02
Play 12 The Story of the Araucanians BettyB
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Play 13 South Deutschland BettyB
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Play 14 The Railroad Backbone of Chile BettyB
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Play 15 Through the Strait of Magellan BettyB
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Play 16 The Southernmost City of the World BettyB
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Play 17 Tierra del Fuego BettyB
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Play 18 In the Falkland Islands BettyB
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Play 19 Over the Andes by Rail BettyB
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Play 20 A Vineyard Oasis BettyB
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Play 21 Across the Pampas BettyB
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Play 22 Argentina and the United States Compared BettyB
 00:07:52
Play 23 Buenos Aires BettyB
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Play 24 High Life in the Capital BettyB
 00:16:17
Play 25 With the Workers BettyB
 00:11:55
Play 26 The Government of the Republic BettyB
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Play 27 Settlers and Swallows BettyB
 00:14:25
Play 28 Our Oppurtunity in Argentina BettyB
 00:18:53
Play 29 A Day on an Estancia BettyB
 00:17:49
Play 30 Beef and Butter for our Markets BettyB
 00:14:21
Play 31 Mainly about Horses BettyB
 00:11:32
Play 32 Wheat Lands of the Parana BettyB
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Play 33 The Terrible Locust BettyB
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Play 34 The World's Second Sheep Country BettyB
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Play 35 The Condor and the Ostrich BettyB
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Play 36 The National Sugar Bowl BettyB
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Play 37 Land Barons at the Seaside BettyB
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Play 38 Argentine Railways BettyB
 00:12:03
Play 39 Building a New Empire BettyB
 00:11:20