The river sea : the Amazon in history, myth, and legend : a story of discovery, exploration, and exploitation / Marshall De Bruhl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Bruhl, Marshall.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scientists.

Travelers.

Explorers.

Discoveries in geography.

History.

Amazon River--History.

Amazon River.

Amazon River--Discovery and exploration--European.

Amazon River--Legends.

Amazon River Region--History.

Amazon River Region.

Amazon River Region--Discovery and exploration--European.

Amazon River Region--Description and travel.

Amazon River Region--Biography.

Explorers--Amazon River Region--Biography.

Travelers--Amazon River Region--Biography.

Scientists--Amazon River Region--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Legends.

Physical Description:

235 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2010]

Contents:

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 María Isabel de Jesus Gramesón 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 world" : Wallace, Bates, and Spruce explore the Amazon

The great rubber boom : an Amazonian gilded age

Exploitation, despoliation, or conservation : the river sea in the new millennium.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230) and index.

ISBN:

9781582434902

1582434905

OCLC:

612348293