Expeditions Into the Valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639

ISBN-13: 9781409412908 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 280 str.

Markham, Clements R.

Opis

Includes the following accounts: 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 Cristóbal de Acuña, A.D. 1639, translated from the Spanish edition of 1641. With a 'List of the Principal Tribes of the Valley of the Amazons'. Translated and Edited, with Notes. The supplementary material includes the 1859 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1859.

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION, EXPEDITION OF GONZALO PIZARRO, THE VOYAGE OF FRANCISCO DE ORELLANA, NEW DISCOVERY OF THE GREAT RIVER OF THE AMAZONS, LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL TRIBES IN THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZONS

O autorze

Clements R. Markham