Expeditions into the valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639.
By: Tr. and ed., with notes, by Clements R. Markham.
Contributors: Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1539-1616.; Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625.; Acuña, Cristóbal de, b. 1597.
Series: Hakluyt Society -- no.24; Works issued by the Hakluyt Society -- 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.
Table of contents: title: Expedition of Gonzalo Pizarro to the land of Cinnamon, A.D. 1539-42, tr. 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, tr. 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, tr. from the Spanish edition of 1641.; title: List of the principal tribes in the valley of Amazons.