Expeditions into the valley of the Amazons, 1539-1540, 1639 / Tr. and ed., with notes by Clements R. Markham ...

Author:: Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830-1916
Published:: London : Printed for the Hakluyt society, 1859.
Physical Description:: lxiv, 190 pages : folded map ; 22 cm.
Additional Creators:: Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1539-1616, Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625, Acuña, Cristóbal de, 1597-, and Hakluyt Society

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Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 24.

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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 the Amazons.

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Includes t.p. to Acuña's "New discovery," translated from the Madrid edition, 1641.

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Microform. [Washington, Microcard Editions, 19__]. 6 microopaques ; 8 x 13 cm.

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