ARGENTINA

The name Argentina is derived from the Latin argentum, or silver. Between the Atlantic coast in the east and the Andes in the west stretches the vast grassland of the Pampas and Patagonias. Here you can still experience the wild romanticism of the gaucho culture. The natural wonders of the impressive Iguazu waterfalls in the border region to Brazil, and the whales and elephant seals near the Valdéz peninsula, all offer unique worlds of experience, as do the spectacular glacier landscape of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego's lighthouse at the end of the World. Includes cuisine, Tango, polo, and the regions of Jujuy, Salta and Catamarca, the Litoral, Buenos Aires, Cordoba, San Luis, Mendoza, La Pampa, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego, the Malvinas (Falklands) with King penguins at Volunteer Point. and Argentine Antarctic with huge icebergs. Maps, stunning full page colour photos. Text in six languages. Softback, 17 x 20.8cm, 460pp.