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De Bruhl, Marshall.
Subjects
Explorers -- Amazon River Region -- Biography.
Travelers -- Biography -- Amazon River Region -- Travelers -- Biography.
Scientists -- Amazon River Region -- Biography.
Amazon River -- History.
Amazon River -- Discovery and exploration -- European.
Amazon River -- Legends.
Amazon River Region -- History.
Amazon River Region -- Discovery and exploration -- European.
Amazon River Region -- Description and travel.
Amazon River Region -- Biography.
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De Bruhl, Marshall.
Explorers -- Amazon River Region -- Biography.
Travelers -- Biography -- Amazon River Region -- Travelers -- Biography.
Scientists -- Amazon River Region -- Biography.
Amazon River -- History.
Amazon River -- Discovery and exploration -- European.
Amazon River -- Legends.
Amazon River Region -- History.
Amazon River Region -- Discovery and exploration -- European.
Amazon River Region -- Description and travel.
Amazon River Region -- Biography.
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The
river
sea : the
Amazon
in history, myth, and legend : a story of discovery, exploration, and exploitation / Marshall De Bruhl.
by
De Bruhl, Marshall.
Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2010.
Call #:
981.1 D288r
Subjects
Explorers
--
Amazon
River
Region
--
Biography
.
Travelers
--
Biography
--
Amazon
River
Region
--
Travelers
--
Biography
.
Scientists
--
Amazon
River
Region
--
Biography
.
Amazon
River
--
History.
Amazon
River
--
Discovery and exploration
--
European.
Amazon
River
--
Legends.
Amazon
River
Region
--
History.
Amazon
River
Region
--
Discovery and exploration
--
European.
Amazon
River
Region
--
Description and travel.
Amazon
River
Region
--
Biography
.
ISBN:
9781582434902
1582434905
Description:
235 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-230) and index.
Contents:
The
river
sea : from the Andes to the Atlantic
--
The Incas : the rise and fall of the empire of the sun
--
The search for El Dorado : gold, spices, and blood
--
Conquistadors for Christ : the holy fathers and the indigenous peoples
--
The great powers in the
Amazon
basin : the struggle for control
--
Nature's grand laboratory : European science discovers the
Amazon
--
The Peruvian Evangeline : the journey of María Isabel de Jesus Gramesón y Godin
--
"I must find out about the unity of nature" : the explorations of Alexander von Humboldt
--
Three eminent Victorians in the "garden of the world" : Wallace, Bates, and Spruce explore the
Amazon
--
The great rubber boom : an Amazonian gilded age
--
Exploitation, despoliation, or conservation : the
river
sea in the new millennium.
Summary:
A sweeping chronicle of the brave and hardy souls, ranging from the Spanish seafarer Vicente Pinzon, who discovered the
Amazon
River
, to contemporary heroes and heroines, like Sister Dorothy Stang and Chico Mendes, whose efforts to save the rain forest cost them their lives.
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