River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage Uncorrected Proof RARE!

Description: River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage Uncorrected Proof RARE! Greetings folks, Welcome to my latest offering.Up next for your consideration is a "good" condition copy of... River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage written by Buddy Levy... Uncorrected Proof This book appears to be in "very good" condition.No writing or missing pages, strong spine etc.Only a sticker remnant on the front cover brings the grading down to "good"This is an advanced copy, Uncorrected Proof, very rare and highly collectable.(please see photos of the exact item you will be receiving) 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. Please see my other listings for more great items in need of a good home.Be Safe...

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ISBN-13: 9780553807509

Book Title: River of Darkness : Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon

Number of Pages: 352 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Topic: Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Expeditions & Discoveries, Historical, Latin America / South America, Latin America / General

Item Height: 1.2 in

Publication Year: 2011

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History

Item Weight: 22.9 Oz

Author: Buddy Levy

Item Length: 9.4 in

Item Width: 6.6 in

Format: Hardcover