Argentinian Adventures

Across four separate journeys, John Lonsdale describes his travels through Argentina, a country of remarkable variety. The first was a three-month trip through the north, made to gather plant specimens for the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. That experience prompted two more expeditions, both undertaken while he was still on Kew's staff.

Because his work was botanical, the text is full of observations about the region's plant life. Wildlife cannot be separated from the vegetation that supports it, so animals are mentioned whenever he came across them. Several dramatic episodes punctuate the narrative, and the journeys grow busier with incident as they go on.