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Explorers of the Amazon
by Anthony Smith
- EXPLORATION
- 1994
- PAPER
- 344 PAGES
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In this well told overview of the region, Anthony Smith presents a history of exploration of the Amazon, scientific and otherwise. His tales of adventure, discovery, exploitation, murder and mayhem feature Francisco de Orellana, Baron von Humboldt and seven other European colonizers and scientists.
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