Expeditions into the Valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639

This volume, published in 1859, contains three Spanish accounts of the Amazon region in 1539–1639, translated into English.

Clements R. Markham (Edited and translated by)

9781108008174, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 31 August 2010

272 pages, 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 1.6 cm, 0.35 kg

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This 1859 volume contains three accounts of the Amazon region, all translated from the Spanish and covering the century 1539–1639: The Expedition of Gonzalo Pizarro to the Land of Cinnamon; The Voyage of Francisco de Orellana down the River of the Amazons; and the New Discovery of the Great River of the Amazons, by Cristoval de Acuña. An editorial introduction provides a context for the narratives, and an appendix lists the principal tribes of the Amazon, and the sources of this information.

Introduction
1. Expedition of Gonzalo Pizarro
2. The voyage of Francisco de Orellana
3. New discovery of the great river of the Amazons
4. List of the principal tribes in the valley of the Amazons.

Subject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH]