River of darkness : Francisco Orellana's legendary voyage of death and discovery down the Amazon /
Levy, Buddy, 1960-
River of darkness : Francisco Orellana's legendary voyage of death and discovery down the Amazon / Buddy Levy. - 1st ed. - New York : Bantam Books, c2011. - xvii, 324 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A confluence of conquistadors -- Birth of the golden dream -- Into the Andes -- El Barco and the San Pedro -- The split -- The plight of Gonzalo Pizarro -- St. Eulalia's confluence : the Amazon -- The Victoria -- River of darkness, brothers of doom -- The assassination of Francisco Pizarro -- On the Maranon to the realm of Machiparo -- Among the Omagua -- Big Blackwater River -- Encountering the Amazons -- The Trumpeter's tale -- Tides of change and a sweetwater sea -- The homeward reach -- The last stand of the last Pizarro -- The expedition to New Andalusia : return to the Amazon.
9780553807509 (acidfree paper) 9780553908107 (e-book)
2010041849
Orellana, Francisco de, d. ca. 1546.
Amazon River Region--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
E125.O6 / L48 2011
981/.01
River of darkness : Francisco Orellana's legendary voyage of death and discovery down the Amazon / Buddy Levy. - 1st ed. - New York : Bantam Books, c2011. - xvii, 324 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A confluence of conquistadors -- Birth of the golden dream -- Into the Andes -- El Barco and the San Pedro -- The split -- The plight of Gonzalo Pizarro -- St. Eulalia's confluence : the Amazon -- The Victoria -- River of darkness, brothers of doom -- The assassination of Francisco Pizarro -- On the Maranon to the realm of Machiparo -- Among the Omagua -- Big Blackwater River -- Encountering the Amazons -- The Trumpeter's tale -- Tides of change and a sweetwater sea -- The homeward reach -- The last stand of the last Pizarro -- The expedition to New Andalusia : return to the Amazon.
9780553807509 (acidfree paper) 9780553908107 (e-book)
2010041849
Orellana, Francisco de, d. ca. 1546.
Amazon River Region--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
E125.O6 / L48 2011
981/.01