An edition of River of darkness (2011)

River of darkness

Francisco Orellana's legendary voyage of death and discovery down the Amazon

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An edition of River of darkness (2011)

River of darkness

Francisco Orellana's legendary voyage of death and discovery down the Amazon

1st ed.
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From the acclaimed author of "Conquistador" comes this thrilling account of one of history's greatest adventures of discovery--the true story of a legendary sixteenth-century explorer and his death-defying navigation of the Amazon.

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Publisher
Bantam Books
Language
English
Pages
324

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Table of Contents

A confluence of conquistadors
Birth of the golden dream
Into the Andes
El Barco and the San Pedro
The split
The plight of Gonzalo Pizarro
St. Eulalia's confluence : the Amazon
The Victoria
River of darkness, brothers of doom
The assassination of Francisco Pizarro
On the Maranon to the realm of Machiparo
Among the Omagua
Big Blackwater River
Encountering the Amazons
The Trumpeter's tale
Tides of change and a sweetwater sea
The homeward reach
The last stand of the last Pizarro
The expedition to New Andalusia : return to the Amazon.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
981/.01
Library of Congress
E125.O6 L48 2011, E125.O6L48 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 324 p., [8] p. of plates
Number of pages
324

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27125737M
Internet Archive
riverofdarknessf0000levy
ISBN 10
0553807501
ISBN 13
9780553807509
LCCN
2010041849
OCLC/WorldCat
635461055

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