The Discovery of the Amazon: According to the account of Friar Gaspar De Carvajal and other documents
by Medina, Jose Toribio (translated by Bertram T. Lee)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- very good; clean, tight, & attractive; very light soil on text block page edges.
- Seller
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Golconda, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: American Geographical Society Special Publication No. 17, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. very good; clean, tight, & attractive; very light soil on text block page edges.. sm 4 to; pale green cloth boards with black title box on front board & spine; gilt lettering467 pp; edited by H. C. Heaton 19 chapters ranging from documentary sources on Orellana's voyage, Carvajal's account, documents relating to Orellana's descent of the Amazon 1541-1542, documents relating to New Andalusia (lover Amazon) 1545-1546, and Appendix of selections of Oviedo's "Historia De Las Indias." Index.
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- Bookseller
- Rosebud Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1.19964
- Title
- The Discovery of the Amazon
- Author
- Medina, Jose Toribio (translated by Bertram T. Lee)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good; clean, tight, & attractive; very light soil on text block page edges.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- American Geographical Society Special Publication No. 17
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
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Rosebud Books
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Golconda, Illinois
About Rosebud Books
Rosebud Books is located in the heart of the Shawnee National Forest in the "Land Between the Rivers". We are an internet shop, open by appointment to the public. Our inventory contains a litte bit of everything from vintage technical to modern first eds. We have a nice collection of vintage and collectible children's literature and all types of poetry, art, & drama.
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