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Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon
by William Herndon • Gary Kinder (Editor)
- EXPLORATION
- 2000
- PAPER
- 343 PAGES
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An original account of 19th-century exploration of the Amazon by Captain William Lewis Herndon, who traveled from Lima to the Atlantic coast of Brazil for the United States government in 1851-1852. A best seller in its day.
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River of Doubt, Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
by Candice Millard
- HISTORY
- 2006
- PAPER
- 432 PAGES
Millard captures the suspense and the setting in vivid detail in this chronicle of Roosevelt's calamitous, ill-prepared Amazon expedition. (AMZ96, $15.00)
by Anthony Smith
- EXPLORATION
- 1994
- PAPER
- 344 PAGES
In this well told overview of the region, Anthony Smith presents a history of exploration of the Amazon, scientific and otherwise. (AMZ31, $37.50)
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