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Explorers of the Amazon / Anthony Smith.

Title
Explorers of the Amazon / Anthony Smith.
Author
Smith, Anthony, 1926-
Publication
London, England ; New York, N.Y. : Viking, 1990.

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Description
vii, 344 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.
Summary
Maps on lining papers. Recounts the stories of men and women drawn to investigate the unknown interior of the South American continent.
Subject
  • Explorers > Amazon River Valley > History
  • Amazon River Valley > Discovery and exploration
  • Exploration, history
  • Exploration
  • River Amazon
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Maps on lining papers.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Pedro Cabral / stumbling upon Brazil -- Francisco de Orellana / First Down the Amazon -- Lope de Aguirre / Who killed even his dream -- Pedro de Teixeira / making the Amazon Portuguese -- Charles Marie de la Condamine / equatorial scientist -- Monsieur and Madame Godin / and their separation -- Baron von Humboldt / inspiration to the world -- Spruce and Wickham / collectors extraordinary -- Julio Arana / King of the Putumayo -- postscript.
ISBN
0670813109 :
LCCN
^^^89040344^
OCLC
  • 20720333
  • SCSB-10854749
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library