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17th September 2008 at 18:30 BST
Talk based on a new book by Chris Moss, published by Signal Books
Patagonia is the ultimate landscape of the mind. Like Siberia and the Sahara, it has become a metaphor for nothingness and extremity. A vast triangle at the southern tip of the New World, this region of barren steppes, soaring peaks and fierce winds was populated by small tribes of hunter-gatherers and roaming nomads when Ferdinand Magellan made landfall in 1520, and since then it has captivated the imagination of explorers, sailors and traders in the endless search for Eldorado.
Chris Moss is a travel writer and a former journalist at The Buenos Aires Herald. He lives in the UK.
Talk followed by glass of wine.
Patagonia is the ultimate landscape of the mind. Like Siberia and the Sahara, it has become a metaphor for nothingness and extremity. A vast triangle at the southern tip of the New World, this region of barren steppes, soaring peaks and fierce winds was populated by small tribes of hunter-gatherers and roaming nomads when Ferdinand Magellan made landfall in 1520, and since then it has captivated the imagination of explorers, sailors and traders in the endless search for Eldorado.
Chris Moss is a travel writer and a former journalist at The Buenos Aires Herald. He lives in the UK.
Talk followed by glass of wine.
Tickets: £5.11 (£6.00 incl. VAT) / Members: £3.40 (£4.00 incl. VAT)