Levy, Buddy  (1960 -) <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> River of Darkness is the story of Spanish conquistador Francisco Orellana, the first foreigner to navigate the Amazon River in South America. It’s 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780553807509 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Orellana, Francisco de (- approx. 1546) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Amazon River Region---Discovery and exploration---Spanish
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E125.O6  / L48 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>LAS 981 LEV