The History of the Conquest of Peru
by William H. Prescott All Editions of This Title
This book is the classic that tells the terrible story of the destruction of the Incas by Cortez and his small band of followers. Find This Book

Orellana
by George Millar All Editions of This Title
Orellana made the first madcap dash down the Amazon in 1542. 350 years later there were still vast tracts unexplored by westerners. Find This Book

Exploration Fawcett
by Colonel P. H. Fawcett All Editions of This Title
Enter the legendary Colonel Fawcett, who died searching for a lost city in 1925, and wrote of his adventures in Exploration Fawcett. Find This Book

Jungle Paths and Inca Ruins
W. McGovern All Editions of This Title
The anthropologist W. McGovern tramped through the Amazon basin in the early 1920s and gave us his story in Jungle Paths and Inca Ruins. Find This Book His route lay close to the areas brutalised by the rubber barons, as depicted in The River God Forgot All Editions of This Title by R. Collier.

The Naked Auca
Rolf Blomberg. All Editions of This Title
In 1946, a Swede, Rolf Blomberg, explored the Ecuadorian Amazon in his book The Naked Aucas. Find This Book A few years later a group of idealistic Frenchmen, led by Alain Gheerbrant, fell in love with the tribes of the Upper Orinoco in Impossible Adventure. All Editions of This Title

Tschiffely's Ride
A. F. Tschiffely All Editions of This Title
A. F. Tschiffely missed the rubber region during his epic ride from Buenos Aires to Washington in the 30s, described in Tschiffely's Ride. Find This Book

Brazilian Adventure
Peter Fleming. All Editions of This Title
The story of Peter Fleming's hilariously unsuccessful attempt to find Fawcett. Find This Book

The Sea and the Jungle
H. M. Tomlinson All Editions of This Title
H. M. Tomlinson signed on as supercargo on a ship that sailed from Para to Porto Velho before the First World War. Find This Book

The Dreyfus Affair
J. Kayser. All Editions of This Title
Few would argue that Colonel Dreyfus' imprisonment on Devil's Island was one of the classic miscarriages of justice. $21.61. Find This Book. After the abandonment of the penal colony, H. Davis explored the upper reaches of the Maroni River and described his travels in The Jungle and the Damned. All Editions of This Title

From Amazon to Cape Horn On A Shoestring
Dr. Campbell Begg All Editions of This Title
Finally, the fantasies were all over, as recorded in Amazon to Cape Horn. His journey was undertaken more or less entirely by air. Find This Book

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