TY  - BOOK
AU  - De Bruhl,Marshall
TI  - The river sea: the Amazon in history, myth, and legend : a story of discovery, exploration, and exploitation 
SN  - 9781582434902
AV  - F2546 .D39 2010
U1  - 981/.1 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Berkeley, CA
PB  - Counterpoint, Distributed by Publishers Group West
KW  - Explorers
KW  - Amazon River Region
KW  - Biography
KW  - Travelers
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Amazon River
KW  - History
KW  - Discovery and exploration
KW  - European
KW  - Legends
KW  - Description and travel
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-230) and index; 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 MariÌa Isabel de Jesus GramesoÌn 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
N2  - A sweeping chronicle of the brave and hardy souls, ranging from the Spanish seafarer Vicente Pinzon, who discovered the Amazon River, to contemporary heroes and heroines, like Sister Dorothy Stang and Chico Mendes, whose efforts to save the rain forest cost them their lives
ER  -