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Tree of Rivers, The Story of the Amazon

Tree of Rivers, The Story of the Amazon

by John Hemming

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

Hemming (Conquest of the Incas) draws on a lifetime of study in this absorbing history of the river, capturing the ambition, greed and awe of naturalists, explorers and missionaries -- and, most poignantly, the plight and exploitation of Amazonian peoples.  (AMZ114, $24.95)


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Conquest of the Incas

Conquest of the Incas


by John Hemming

  • HISTORY
  • 1970
  • PAPER
  • 641 PAGES

This classic prize-winning history of the Inca struggle against the Spanish invasion brings together wide-ranging scholarly material in the interests of telling a good story. (AND04, $25.00)


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