Expeditions into the valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639 / Translated and edited, with notes, by Clements R. Markham.
By: Pizarro, Gonzalo
Contributor(s): Orellana, Francisco de | Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir | Vega, Garcilaso de la | Herrera Tordesillas, Antonio de | Acuña, Cristóbal de | Hakluyt Society
Publisher: London : Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1859.Description: lxiv, 190 p. : ill., fold. map ; 22 cm.Ownership: FranksItem type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | British Museum | Africa Oceania and the Americas | Round Reading Room | H6/KU [HAKL-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | M26393 |
Contents: Expedition of Gonzalo Pizarro to the land of Cinnamon, A.D. 1539-42 / tr. 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 / tr. 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, tr. from the Spanish edition of 1641; List of the principal tribes in the valley of Amazons mentioned in ... Orellana and Acuña. - Hakluyt Society report for 1859 at front of vol.
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