Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} the Uttermost Parts of the Earth by Frederic Hunter Uttermost Part of the Earth
Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Uttermost Parts of the Earth by Frederic Hunter Uttermost Part of the Earth. Uttermost Part of the Earth (1948), by E. Lucas Bridges, is the definitive story of Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina. The memoirs of the land’s ‘third white native’, it details his life amongst the indigenous Fuegians, their cultures and the effects of colonisation. Part autobiography, part ethnography, part history book and part adventure novel, Uttermost Part of the Earth is the most detailed account we have on a people now extinct. Lucas Bridges (1874 – 1948) was the eldest son of Reverend Thomas Bridges, who established the Anglican Mission at Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego. He grew up amongst the coastal Yaghan people and, as a young man, explored the island’s interior, where previously uncontacted tribes lived. AF Tschifferly, who rode from Argentina to Washington DC on horseback, convinced Bridges (below) to write down his stories. In his 70s, Bridges applied his lifelong energy to writing this book. It describes his later life – service in WW1, adventures in Paraguay and South Africa, only in passing. Tierra Del Fuego is the focus. The book five parts: Ushuaia, 1826-1887: European exploration, Bridge’s early life, the Yaghan. Haberton, 1887 – 1899: adventures on the coast, the Manek’enk (Aush), first contact with the Selk’nam. The Road to Najmishk (1900-1902): Selk’nam conflict, adventures in the interior A Hut in Ona Land (1902-1907) Bridges’ sheep farm. Selk’nam culture, Fuegian animals, myths and legends. The Estancia Viamonte, (1907-1910) The story concludes. Vivid descriptions bring the prehistoric wilderness of Tierra del Fuego to life, its rugged cliffs and islands, snowy forests, mountains, moors and bogs and the creatures who call it home.
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