Markham, Clements R. Sir. Expeditions into the valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639

Folger bibliographic ID: 35445
Folger call number: G161 .H21 no.24
Folger holdings ID: 36531

Contents

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."--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."--New discovery of the great river of the Amazons, by Father Christoval de Acuña, A.D. 1639, tr. from the Spanish edition of 1641.--List of the principal tribes in the valley of Amazons

General notes

Includes title page to Acufia's "New discovery," translated from the Madrid ed., 1641

Extended title: Expeditions into the valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639 / Tr. and ed., with notes, by Clements R. Markham

Pizarro, Gonzalo, -1548 Orellana, Francisco de, -approximately 1546 Indians of South America Amazon River Valley

author: Markham, Clements R. Sir, (Clements Robert), 1830-1916
subject: Pizarro, Gonzalo, -1548
subject: Orellana, Francisco de, -approximately 1546
associated with: Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1539-1616
associated with: Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
associated with: Acuña, Cristóbal de, 1597-