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

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ISBN	9781582434902 (hbk.)
ISBN	1582434905 (hbk.)
Name	De Bruhl, Marshall
Title	The river sea : the Amazon in history, myth, and legend : a story of discovery, exploration, and exploitation / Marshall De Bruhl.
Published	Berkeley, Calif. : Counterpoint, c2010.
Description	235 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-230) and index.
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.
Summary	Since its discovery by Europeans in 1500, explorers, visionaries, soldiers of fortune, men of God, scientists, and slavers have been drawn to the legendary Amazon.
Subjects	Amazon River Region -- Biography
	Biography -- Amazon River Region -- Travelers -- Biography.
	Amazon River Region -- Biography
	History
	Discovery and exploration -- European
	Legends
	History
	Discovery and exploration -- European
	Description and travel
	Biography
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Amazon River Region -- Biography . Biography . Biography -- Amazon River Region -- Travelers -- Biography . Description and travel . Discovery and exploration -- European . History . Legends . See Also: Anecdotes . Autobiographies . Christian biography . Epitaphs . History . Letters . Military biography . Portraits . Religious biography . Archaeology . Archaeology and history . Battles . Biography . Church history . Conspiracies . Diplomacy . Diseases and history . Historic sites . Historical geography . Historical television programs . Military history . Naval history . Revolutions . Social history . World history . Fables . Fiction . Folklore . Literature . Mythology . Tales . Narrower Subject References: Architecture and history. . Authors: De Bruhl, Marshall .

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