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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     De Bruhl, Marshall.     Subjects     Explorers -- Amazon River Region -- Biography.     Travelers -- Amazon River Region -- Biography.     Scientists -- Amazon River Region -- Biography.     Amazon River -- History.     Amazon River -- Discovery and exploration -- European.     Amazon River -- Legends.     Amazon River Region -- History.     Amazon River Region -- Discovery and exploration -- European.     Amazon River Region -- Description and travel.     Amazon River Region -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      De Bruhl, Marshall.       by title:      The river sea : the ...         MARC Display

The river sea : the Amazon in history, myth, and legend : a story of discovery, exploration, and exploitation / Marshall De Bruhl. by De Bruhl, Marshall. Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2010. Subjects Explorers -- Amazon River Region -- Biography.   Travelers -- Amazon River Region -- Biography.   Scientists -- Amazon River Region -- Biography.   Amazon River -- History.   Amazon River -- Discovery and exploration -- European.   Amazon River -- Legends.   Amazon River Region -- History.   Amazon River Region -- Discovery and exploration -- European.   Amazon River Region -- Description and travel.   Amazon River Region -- Biography. ISBN:  9781582434902 (hc.) 1582434905 (hc.) Description:  235 p. : map ; 24 cm. 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. Requests:  0 Summary:  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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 981.1 De Bruhl Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 981.1 De Bruhl Checked In Add Copy to MyList Lihue Public Library Adult Nonfiction 981.1 De Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 981.1 De Bruhl De Checked In Add Copy to MyList Thelma Parker Memorial P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 981.1 De Bruhl Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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