Expeditions into the valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639
By: translated and edited, with notes, by Clements R. Markham.
Contributors: Markham, Clements R. Sir, 1830-1916.; Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1539-1616.; Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625.; Acuña, Christóbel de, b. 1597.
Series: Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ;; no. 24
Publisher: Printed for the Hakluyt Society
Published: 1859
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Pizarro, Gonzalo, d.1548.; Orellana, Francisco de, d. ca. 1546.; Indians of South America -- Amazon River Valley.; Amazon River Valley.
Other titles: Valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639.
Notes: Sabin 44614.
Map is folded.
Table of contents: title: Expedition of Gonzalo Pizarro to the land of Cinnamon, A.D. 1539-42 / translated from the 2d pt. of Garcilasso Inca de la Vega's "Royal commentaries of Peru"; title: The voyage of Francisco de Orellana down the river of the Amazons, A.D. 1540-1 / translated from the sixth decade of A. de Herrera's "General history of the western Indies"; title: New discovery of the great river of the Amazons, by Father Christoval de Acuña, A.D. 1639 / translated from the Spanish edition of 1641; title: List of the principal tribes in the valley of Amazons.