River of darkness : Francisco Orellana's legendary voyage of death and discovery down the Amazon
Levy, Buddy (1960 -)
River of darkness : Francisco Orellana's legendary voyage of death and discovery down the Amazon / Buddy Levy - 1st ed. - New York : Bantam Books , c2011 - 324 p. : illus. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A confluence of conquistadors -- Birth of the golden dream -- Into the Andes -- El Barco and the San Pedro -- The split -- The plight of Gonzalo Pizarro -- St. Eulalia's confluence : the Amazon -- The Victoria -- River of darkness, brothers of doom -- The assassination of Francisco Pizarro -- On the Maranon to the realm of Machiparo -- Among the Omagua -- Big Blackwater River -- Encountering the Amazons -- The Trumpeter's tale -- Tides of change and a sweetwater sea -- The homeward reach -- The last stand of the last Pizarro -- The expedition to New Andalusia : return to the Amazon.
River of Darkness is the story of Spanish conquistador Francisco Orellana, the first foreigner to navigate the Amazon River in South America. Its a remarkable tale, considering that Orellana and his men traversed the 4,200-mile length of the Amazon in 1542, and did so with crude wooden ships, scant supplies and no knowledge of the route, or what lay ahead.
English.
9780553807509
Orellana, Francisco de (- approx. 1546)
Amazon River Region---Discovery and exploration---Spanish
E125.O6 / L48 2011
LAS 981 LEV
River of darkness : Francisco Orellana's legendary voyage of death and discovery down the Amazon / Buddy Levy - 1st ed. - New York : Bantam Books , c2011 - 324 p. : illus. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A confluence of conquistadors -- Birth of the golden dream -- Into the Andes -- El Barco and the San Pedro -- The split -- The plight of Gonzalo Pizarro -- St. Eulalia's confluence : the Amazon -- The Victoria -- River of darkness, brothers of doom -- The assassination of Francisco Pizarro -- On the Maranon to the realm of Machiparo -- Among the Omagua -- Big Blackwater River -- Encountering the Amazons -- The Trumpeter's tale -- Tides of change and a sweetwater sea -- The homeward reach -- The last stand of the last Pizarro -- The expedition to New Andalusia : return to the Amazon.
River of Darkness is the story of Spanish conquistador Francisco Orellana, the first foreigner to navigate the Amazon River in South America. Its a remarkable tale, considering that Orellana and his men traversed the 4,200-mile length of the Amazon in 1542, and did so with crude wooden ships, scant supplies and no knowledge of the route, or what lay ahead.
English.
9780553807509
Orellana, Francisco de (- approx. 1546)
Amazon River Region---Discovery and exploration---Spanish
E125.O6 / L48 2011
LAS 981 LEV
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