South America Handbook (2007)
Footprint's 82nd Travel Guide to South America.
Here we review the grand-daddy of South america guidebooks, Footprint's South America Handbook (2007).
Title: Footprint South American Handbook (2007)
Intro: The oldest guidebook bout South America has reached its astounding 82nd edition. Having sold over a million copies says something. This is the preferred guide to South America by serious travelers.
Highlights:
-There are 1580, mostly Bible paper thin, pages packed with information on any possible destination on the continent and have been refined by nearly a century of fine tuning.
-Includes sections on the Falkland Islands and Antarctica.
-Most complete (quantity-wise) listings of hotels, restaurants, museums, parks, activities, tour operators, guides, and transportation compared to any other guidebook.
- Many maps in two different styles; the smaller black and white city map and the colored regional maps that are as good as that torn, folded up thing you’ve been carrying.
Negatives:
-Only a few pictures at the very front of the book.
-Advertising is mixed in with much of the text.
-Short on detail, particularly background information, history, etc.
Authors: Editor and Contributor Ben Box has been in charge of the South American Guide since 1989 and has worked on the South American guides even longer. He has authored a number of other Footprint books on South American destinations as well. He is one of the most qualified South American guide writers around.
Other: The South American Handbook book has been used by throughout history by famous explorers and adventurers such as Graham Greene who called it “the best travel guide in the world.”
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