Yields from a Mountain Escapade. Ignacy Domeyko’s Mining Tour of the Cordillera of the Province of Santiago de Chile

The article deals with the findings of Domeyko’s expedition to the Cordillera near Santiago in the early months of 1842. The author argues that the economic purpose of the expedition, that is, finding silver and copper deposits, is one of the many themes taken up in the memoir of the time. We reflect on Domeyko’s fairly consistent balance between personal and professional issues, reported in My Travels. Particular attention was given to passages in Domeyko’s text where he thematises his attitude to the mountains or to his own travel writing.