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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	De Bruhl, Marshall
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint : [2010]
Subjects:	Amazon River > History. Amazon River > Discovery and exploration > European. Amazon River > Legends. Amazon River Region > History. Amazon River Region > Discovery and exploration > European. Amazon River Region > Description and travel. Amazon River Region > Biography. Explorers > Amazon River Region > Biography. Travelers > Biography > Amazon River Region > Travelers > Biography. Scientists > Amazon River Region > Biography.

Table of 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.