William Smyth, Frederick Lowe

Narrative of a Journey From Lima to Para, Across the Andes and Down the Amazon

Undertaken With a View of Ascertaining the Practicability of a Navigable Communication With the Atlantic, by the Rivers Pachitea, Ucayali, and Amazon

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Produktbeschreibung

Join Lowe and Smyth on their thrilling voyage across the Andes and down the Amazon as they seek to determine the feasibility of a navigable connection to the Atlantic. This gripping travelogue is filled with vivid descriptions of the flora and fauna of the region, as well as fascinating insights into the local cultures they encountered along the way. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 662g
• ISBN-13: 9781020072376
• ISBN-10: 1020072377
• Artikelnr.: 69479800

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Commencement of land journey
3. An account of Cerro Pasco, the district which contains the principal silver mines belonging to Peru
4. Continuation and difficulties of the land journey
5. Hospitable reception at Huanuco, and description of that city
6. Arrival at Pozuzu and desertion of the escort and muleteers, compelling an abandonment of the plan projected
7. Embarkation in canoes on the Huallaga
8. Further progress down the river, and visit to the towns of Juan Guerra and Tarapoto
9. Impetuosity of the river at the Pass of Uraquiyacu, and the passage effected through the trees
10. Endeavours to persuade the missionary to assist in the ascent of the Ucayali and Pachitea to Mayro
11. Account of the mission and town of Sarayacu, its inhabitants and their manners
12. Account of the Indian tribes inhabiting the Pampa and neighbourhood of the Ucayali
13. Departure from Sarayacu
14. Arrival at Tabatinga, the frontier town of Brazil
15. Rio Negro.