Expeditions into the valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639

Author(s)

• Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir
• Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625
• Acuña, Cristóbal de, b. 1597

Bibliographic Information

Expeditions into the valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639

translated and edited, with notes, by Clements R. Markham

（Works / issued by the Hakluyt Society, 1st ser. ; no. 24）

B. Franklin, [196-?]

Other Title

Valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639

Note

Reprint of the 1859 ed

Contents of Works

• Expedition of Gonzalo Pizarro to the land of Cinnamon, A.D. 1539-42 : translated from the second part of Garcilasso Inca de la Vega's "Royal Commentaries of Peru."
• The voyage of Francisco de Orellana down the river of the Amazones, A.D. 1540-1 : translated from the sixth decade of Antonio de Herrera's "General History of the Western Indies."
• New discovery of the Great River of the Amazons / by Father Cristoval de Acuña, A.D. 1639, translated from the Spanish edition of 1641
• List of principal tribes in the valley of the Amazons, containing all those which are mentioned in the voyages of Orellana and Acuña

Details

• NCID: BA09190394
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: lxiv, 190 p., [1] folded leaf of plates
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : G161.H22 no. 24
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Orella, Francisco de, d. ca. 1546
  • LCSH : Pizarro, Gonzalo, d. 1625
  • LCSH : Indians of South America -- Amazon River Valley
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA2360182X