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100	1		_aDe Bruhl, Marshall.
245	1	4	_aThe river sea : _bthe Amazon in history, myth, and legend : a story of discovery, exploration, and exploitation / _cMarshall De Bruhl.
260			_aBerkeley, CA : _bCounterpoint : _bDistributed by Publishers Group West, _cc2010.
300			_a235 p. : _bmap ; _c24 cm.
520			_aA 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.
505	0		_aThe 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.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 227-230) and index.
651		0	_aAmazon River _xHistory.
651		0	_aAmazon River _xDiscovery and exploration _xEuropean.
651		0	_aAmazon River _vLegends.
651		0	_aAmazon River Region _xHistory.
651		0	_aAmazon River Region _xDiscovery and exploration _xEuropean.
651		0	_aAmazon River Region _xDescription and travel.
651		0	_aAmazon River Region _vBiography.
650		0	_aExplorers _zAmazon River Region _vBiography.
650		0	_aTravelers _zAmazon River Region _vBiography.
650		0	_aScientists _zAmazon River Region _vBiography.
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