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Explorers of the Amazon

Explorers of the Amazon

Smith, Anthony

Paperback

South American History

ISBN10: 0226763374
ISBN13: 9780226763378
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Jan 15 1994
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.92 Width: 6.01 Depth: 9.28
Language: English
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. Anthony Smith not only enriches this history with fascinating geographical, political, and scientific details but also gives a strong warning to those who continue to exploit this great river's resources.

The history of Amazonian exploration, wonderfully told by Anthony Smith, is awash with madness--an extravagant mixture of the malevolent and the miraculous.--Stephen Mills, Times Literary Supplement

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