In 1821, Maria Dundas Graham sailed for South America. After her husband, the ship's captain, died en route, the newly widowed Maria Graham resisted all efforts to hustle her back to England. She rented a cottage in Valparaiso and spent nine months travelling in Chile. This is her journal.

Reproduction of the original: Journal of A Residence On A Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 by Frances Anna Kemble

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