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Explorers of the Amazon / Anthony Smith

By:

Smith, Anthony, , 1926-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1994Description: 344 p. : illus. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780226763378|

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

981.1 SMI

LOC classification:

F2546 .S68 1994

Summary: Explorers of the Amazon vividly describes how European explorers such as Pedro Cabral, Francisco De Orellana, Lope de Aguirre, and Madame Godin encountered the vast wilderness of the Amazon basin; how they searched, exploited, and fought over its riches; and what they learned and failed to learn through four centuries of adventure.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	981.1 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		016923

Includes index

Perdo 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.

Explorers of the Amazon vividly describes how European explorers such as Pedro Cabral, Francisco De Orellana, Lope de Aguirre, and Madame Godin encountered the vast wilderness of the Amazon basin; how they searched, exploited, and fought over its riches; and what they learned and failed to learn through four centuries of adventure.

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