European Encounters with the Yamana People of Cape Horn, Before and After Darwin (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521513791)

This is a documented narration of dramas played out from 1578 to 2000 in the Cape Horn area, Tierra del Fuego, by the native Yamana and Charles Darwin, explorers, sealers, whalers, Anglican missionaries, and three other famous people who made contact with some of the last Yamana. The narration, based on geographical, historical, and ethnographic sources and Anne Chapman's fieldwork with the last few descendants of the Yamana, describes the Europeans' motives for going to Tierra del Fuego and the Yamana's motives for staying there some 6,000 years, what the outsiders gained, and what the Yamana lost. The main objective of this work is to incorporate the hunting-gathering Yamana into world history by evoking their way of life, especially Jemmy Button and Fuegia Basket in comparison with the outsiders they encountered, especially Drake, Cook, and Darwin in their scientific world in the context of their experiences with the Yamana in Tierra del Fuego and nearby areas.

Author: Anne Mackaye Chapman
ISBN-10: 0521513790
ISBN-13: 9780521513791
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/19/2010
Pages: 746
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.40lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 2.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2011