Colombia Cars Automobile History - Sports Classic Luxury Car Photography Book

by Jorge Salgado, Agustín Morales

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Colombia Cars Automobile History - Sports Classic Luxury Car Photography Book Carros: El automóvil en Colombia — Jorge Salgado and Agustín Morales. A large-format illustrated history of the automobile in Colombia, published by Villegas Editores in Bogotá in 1995. Written by Jorge Salgado and Agustín Morales, the book combines Colombian transportation and social history with an extensive photographic celebration of antique, classic, luxury, and sports automobiles preserved by Colombian collectors. The volume traces the automobile from its earliest technological origins through its arrival and development in Colombia. The historical discussion begins with the Industrial Revolution and early experiments in mechanized transportation, including Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot’s 1769 steam vehicle, Richard Trevithick, Étienne Lenoir, Gottlieb Daimler, Nikolaus Otto, Siegfried Marcus, Karl Benz, and Bertha Benz. It then follows the transformation of the automobile from an experimental machine and luxury possession into an essential part of modern transportation, industry, commerce, and everyday life. Of particular interest is the book’s distinctly Colombian perspective. It describes a country that initially depended heavily upon horses, mules, carts, river navigation, and a relatively limited railroad network. Automobiles and trucks became important tools for connecting Colombia’s difficult mountainous geography and expanding road network, while also becoming symbols of modernity, prosperity,

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• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9789589393109
• Condition: Good

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