River of darkness

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With a new introduction, the acclaimed author of Conquistador and Labyrinth of Ice charts one of history’s greatest adventures of discovery, a legendary 16th-century explorer’s death-defying navigation of the Amazon, river of darkness and pathway to gold—the first complete exploration of the world’s largest river by a European.

In 1541, the brutal Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro and his well-born lieutenant Francisco Orellana set off in search of La Canela, South America’s rumored Land of Cinnamon, and the fabled El Dorado, “the golden man.” Driving an enormous retinue of mercenaries, enslaved natives, horses, hunting dogs, and other animals across the Andes, they watched their proud expedition begin to disintegrate even before they descended into the nightmarish jungle, following the course of a powerful river. Hopelessly lost in the swampy labyrinth, their numbers diminishing daily through disease, starvation, and Indian attacks, Pizarro and Orellana made a fateful decision to separate. While Pizarro eventually returned home barefoot and in rags, Orellana and fifty-seven men, in a few fragile craft, continued downriver into the unknown reaches of the mighty Amazon, serenaded by native war drums and the eerie cries of exotic predators. Theirs would be the greater glory.

Interweaving eyewitness accounts of the quest with newly uncovered details, Buddy Levy reconstructs the seminal journey that has electrified adventurers ever since, as Orellana became the first European to navigate and explore the entire length of the world’s largest river. Levy gives a long-overdue account of the native populations—some peaceful and welcoming, offering sustenance and life-saving guidance, others ferociously hostile, subjecting the invaders to gauntlets of unremitting attack and intimations of terrifying rituals. And here is the Amazon itself, a powerful presence whose every twist and turn held the promise of new wonders both natural and man-made, as well as the ever-present risk of death—a river that would hold Orellana in its irresistible embrace to the end of his life.

Overflowing with violence and beauty, nobility and tragedy, River of Darkness is both a riveting history and a breathtaking adventure that will sweep readers along on an epic voyage unlike any other.

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Conquistador

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In 1519 hern an cort es arrived on the shores of mexico with a roughshod crew of adventurers and the intent to expand the spanish empire along the way this brash and roguish conquistador schemed to convert the native inhabitants to catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold in tenochtitl an Uiterlijk 29 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

River of Darkness

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Chronicles the efforts of conquistadors gonzalo pizarro and francisco orellana to locate the fabled el dorado tracing how pizarro lost half his men and nearly died while orellana became the first european to discover and navigate the amazon 1 - 2 weken .. MEER INFO

River of Darkness

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The acclaimed author of labyrinth of ice charts the legendary sixteenth century adventurer s death defying navigation of the amazon river in 1541 spanish conquistador gonzalo pizarro and his lieutenant francisco orellana searched for la canela south america s rumored land of cinnamon and the Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 21 april 2022

Aantal pagina's: 352

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Buddy Levy

Hoofduitgeverij: Diversion Books

Product breedte: 216 mm

Product hoogte: 30 mm

Product lengte: 140 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 137 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 28 mm

Verpakking lengte: 212 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 677 g

EAN: 9781635769197

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