Chronicling the journeys of the Hudson River School member Frederic Edwin Church, this illustrated guide features works from his travels to some of the most exotic and remote places in Colombia and Ecuador during the second half of the 19th century. This valiant testimony to Colombian and Ecuadorian lifestyles, customs, and geography compiles many of Church's sketches and drawings that are now part of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York City. "Relatando los viajes de miembro de la Escuela del Rio Hudson Frederic Edwin Church, esta guia ilustrada recorre las obras de sus viajes a algunas de las mas remotas y exoticas partes de Colombia y Ecuador durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX. Este valioso testimonio de la vida, las costumbres y la geografia colombiana y ecuatoriana compila muchos de los bocetos y dibujos que ahora reposan en el museo Cooper-Hewitt de Nueva York."