The Journeys of Francisco Moreno
The Journeys of Francisco Moreno: Views on nature in the southernmost part of Argentina – 1873 -1906 This article analyses views of Eastern Patagonia that factored into the discourse of Francisco Moreno, an Argentine naturalist and geographer in the late 19th century. An analysis of the documents shows that his preoccupation with countering the belief at the time that the Patagonia was a “useless desert,” coupled with his sense of deception with the process of land distribution after the military […]
Frederico Freitas 