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River of darkness : Francisco Orellana's legendary voyage of death and discovery down the Amazon / Buddy Levy.
From the acclaimed author of "Conquistador" comes this thrilling account of one of history's greatest adventures of discovery--the true story of a legendary sixteenth-century explorer and his death-defying navigation of the Amazon.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780553807509 (acid-free paper)
- ISBN: 0553807501 (acid-free paper)
- Physical Description: 324 pages,8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, [2011]
- Copyright: ©2011
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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| Subject: | Orellana, Francisco de, -approximately 1546. Amazon River Region > Discovery and exploration > Spanish. |
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| Hussey-Mayfield Mem. PL - Zionsville | 981.1 LEVY (Text) | 33946002554918 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| North Webster Comm. PL - North Webster | 981.01 LEV (Text) | 72436000085477 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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