Expeditions into the valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639 / translated and edited with notes by Clements R. Markham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830-1916.

Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1539-1616.

Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, 1559-1625.

Acuña, Cristóbal de, 1597-

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 24

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Indians of South America--Amazon River Valley.

Indians of South America.

Amazon River Valley.

Pizarro, Gonzalo, -1548.

Pizarro, Gonzalo.

Orellana, Francisco de, -approximately 1546.

Orellana, Francisco de.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4, 8, [5], lxiv, 190 p., [1] leaf of plates (fold.) ) fold. map ;

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1859 (T. Richards)

Contents:

Expedition of Gonzalo Pizarro to the land of Cinnamon, A.D. 1539-42 / translated from the 2d pt. of Garcilasso Inca de la Vega's "Royal commentaries of Peru"

The voyage of Francisco de Orellana down the river of the Amazons, A.D. 1540-1 / translated from the sixth decade of A. de Herrera's "General history of the western Indies"

New discovery of the great river of the Amazons, by Father Christoval de Acuña, A.D. 1639 / translated from the Spanish edition of 1641

List of the principal tribes in the valley of Amazons.

Notes:

Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.

Sabin no. 44614.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

11