The Amazon and Madeira rivers; sketches and descriptions from the notebook of an explorer,
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781425519643
Subjects: History / United States / General
First sentence: IF the emerging of a flat, dreary coast is hailed with joy by any one who but for a few days has felt himself the football of the waves, certainly the magnificent Bay of Rio de Janeiro, with the bold outlines of its surrounding peaks and its lovely palm-covered isles and islets, must delight the heart of the sea-weary wanderer.