The Book of Patagonia: Its History from Magellan to our days

This is a great overview guide. Written clearly and helpfully chronologically containing a lot of thought provoking and helpful information. It is written by an author who clearly loves Patagonia. Well done.

This book is exactly what I am looking for. A very informative book about Patagonia and its history. It is so nice to read and I really appreciate the background and experience of the author who is not only an authentic Argentinian but he is also a historian and an expert in Patagonia who spent most of his youth discovering the region, researching and developing Patagonian museums. I would highly recommend this book! Dont think twice!

For me, this book answered a lot of questions I had about the region, and introduced material that I did not know existed. The information about "Perito" Moreno, and how he became "perito" (an expert) was very interesting. The book is not super in-depth and scholarly, but written more for those of us who know a bit about Argentine history, but don't really know how Patagonia fits in. I really liked the author's explanation of the great sheep drive, as well. This is not a book for "trekkers," but instead is for those of us interested in South America and how things got going.

Great source of info about all the things you want to know about Patagonia. Very honest and not afraid of the truth.

Traveling to Patagonia has long been a bucket list item for me, one I finally achieved on a recent cruise. The land is magical, and this book provided the history of the people and culture that satisfied my immense curiosity of this special place on the planet. I was able to follow along with a map I purchased in Usuhaia and Google Earth. The author's ability to present both the good and the bad moments of its history is commendable and appreciated.

The best book I read about Patagonia. If you want to learn the history of this incredible part of world, in a very fluid and engaging style, with very good fact research, by someone that is clearly passioned and lived in Patagonia, you can’t go wrong. By the end of the book I was already getting sad that it was ending.