Screen LibraryThe river sea：the Amazon in history, myth, and legend : a story of discovery, exploration, and exploitation
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Counterpoint Distributed by Publishers Group West,
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| Publisher Address: | Berkeley, CA |
| Publication Dates: | c2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 235 p.: map ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781582434902 (hbk.) 1582434905 9781582437682 (pbk.) 1582437688 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | P941 |
| CLC: | P941.77 |
| Call Number: | P941.77/D278 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-230) and index. 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 Maria Isabel de Jesus Grameson 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 worl 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. |