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: Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies
Autor William Smyth, Frederick Loween Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 sep 2011
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781108033794
ISBN-10: 1108033792
Pagini: 354
Ilustrații: 10 b/w illus. 3 maps
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1108033792
Pagini: 354
Ilustrații: 10 b/w illus. 3 maps
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cuprins
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.
Descriere
Combining travel narrative and anthropological observations, this 1836 publication describes the authors' experiences in the Amazon basin.